…the greatest size that a plant or animal naturally attains; maturity…
…a mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks that are expected to increase in capital value rather than yield high income…
…a concentric layer of wood, shell, or bone developed during an annual or other regular period of growth…
…a substance, such as a vitamin or hormone, which is required for the stimulation of growth in living cells…
…a company stock that tends to increase in capital value rather than yield high income…
…woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest…
…planned economic and community development that attempts to curb urban sprawl and worsening environmental conditions…
…an increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time…
…a company that is growing rapidly in comparison to other companies in its field or the economy as a whole…
…a hormone which stimulates growth in animal or plant cells, especially (in animals) that secreted by the pituitary gland…
…growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size…
…a natural hormone in cattle that helps regulate growth and milk production and that may be produced artificially and given to dairy cattle to increase the yield of milk…
…a mitogenic protein thought to be involved in such physical processes as normal cell growth, wound healing, and the formation of tumors…
…the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to only what is needed to replace the existing population…
