growth period;  growing season
 growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)
 rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
 growth stock;  person with future promise
 logistic curve;  growth curve
 novel of formation (education);  novel of character development;  novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person;  Bildungsroman
 zero growth;  zero economic growth;  no-growth economy
 rapid growth (of an economy, company, etc.)
 liquid (phase) deposition;  liquid (phase) epitaxy
 epitaxial growth;  epitaxy
 epidermal growth factor;  EGF
 growth path;  route to growth
 growing market;  growth market
 insulin-like growth factor;  IGF