public welfare
noun
= public interest.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Rogers (c1553–1616), religious controversialist and Church of England clergyman.
- presidentiary
- president pro tem
- president pro tempore
- presidentress
- cotton gin
- cotton grass
- cotton lavender
- cotton-leaf worm
- cottonmouth
- cottonmouth moccasin
- cotton-picking
- cotton plant
- cotton rat
- cottonseed
- cotton spinner
- cotton stainer
- cotton state
- cotton swab
- cottontail
- cotton waste
- cottonweed
- cottonwood
- cotton wool
- cottony
- cottony-cushion scale