A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk .
babies'-breath
→ baby's breath
crybaby
If someone calls a child a crybaby , they mean that the child cries a lot for no good reason .
tar baby
a troublesome situation that is made worse by attempts to extricate oneself from it
war baby
a child born in wartime , esp the illegitimate child of a soldier
blue baby
A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.
boom baby
a person born in the years of the baby boom
bush baby
any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests , with a long, bushy tail and large eyes
anchor baby
a child born in a country where his or her parents are not citizens , giving them a right to remain in that country
breech baby
a baby whose buttocks or feet are presented first during the birth process
jelly baby
a small sweet made from a gelatinous substance formed to resemble a baby in shape
rhesus baby
a baby that has haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive ) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
designer baby
People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby .
Plunket baby
a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
snowflake baby
a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
Band-Aid baby
a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship
test-tube baby
A test-tube baby is a baby that develops from an egg which has been removed from the mother's body, fertilized, and then replaced in her womb in order that it can continue developing.
thalidomide baby
a baby with birth defects due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus