Development
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Crossword Answers

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GROWTH
The gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

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NURTURE
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

GROWING
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

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ONTOGENY
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

PROGRESS
Gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"

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EXPANSION

EVOLUTION
A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"

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DEVELOPING
Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

MATURATION
Coming to full development; becoming mature

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ONTOGENESIS
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

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EXPLOITATION
The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"