topminnow poeciliid fish
poeciliid
live-bearer | small usually brightlyolored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control |
live axle
driving axle | the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power |
live load
superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
Sabin vaccine
oral poliovirus vaccine
OPV
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine
TOPV | an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis |
| live body | the body of a living animal or person |
| live birth | the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation) |
eager beaver
busy bee
live wire
sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
sensitive plant touch-me-not shame plant
live-and-die
humble plant
action plant
Mimosa pudica | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia, heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled |
| live oak | any of several American evergreen oaks |
coast live oak
California live oak
Quercus agrifolia | highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves |
canyon oak
canyon live oak
maul oak
iron oak Quercus chrysolepis | medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves |
southern live oak
Quercus virginiana | medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico, often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown, extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding |
interior live oak
Quercus wislizenii
Quercus wizlizenii | a small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast, an important part of the chaparral |
orpine
orpin
livelong
live-forever
Sedum telephium | perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers |
| live steam | steam coming from a boiler at full pressure |
know experience
live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations, I know the feeling!, have you ever known hunger?, I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict, The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare, I lived through two divorces |
relive
live over | experience again, often in the imagination, He relived the horrors of war |
accept live with
swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to, I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions, I swallowed the insult, She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies |
live in
sleep in | live in the house where one works, our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her |
live out
sleep out | work in a house where one does not live, our cook lives out, he can easily commute from his home |
| live it up | enjoy oneself, it's your birthday, so let's live it up! |
| be live | have life, be alive, Our great leader is no more, My grandfather lived until the end of war |
| live | lead a certain kind of life, live in a certain style, we had to live frugally after the war |
| live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence, You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live |
unlive
live down | live so as to annul some previous behavior, You can never live this down! |
exist survive
live subsist | support oneself, he could barely exist on such a low wage, Can you live on $a month in New York City?, Many people in the world have to subsist on a day |
survive last live live on
go e endure
hold up
hold out | continue to live through hardship or adversity, We went without water and food for days, These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America, The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents, how long can a person last without food and water? |
| live out | live out one's life, live to the end |
populate
dwell
live inhabit | inhabit or live in, be an inhabitant of, People lived in Africa millions of years ago, The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted, this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean, deer are populating the woods |
cohabit
live together
shack up | share living quarters, usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple |
satisfy
fulfill
fulfil
live up to | meet the requirements or expectations of |
alive
live | capable of erupting, a live volcano, the volcano is very much alive |
| alive(p) live | possessing life, the happiest person alive, the nerve is alive, doctors are working hard to keep him alive, burned alive, a live canary |
| live | exerting force or containing energy, live coals, tossed a live cigarette out the window, got a shock from a live wire, live ore is unmined ore, a live bomb, a live ball is one in play |
hot
live | charged or energized with electricity, a hot wire, a live wire |
| live | of current relevance, a live issue, still a live option |
| live | in current use or ready for use, live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread |
| live | abounding with life and energy, the club members are a really live bunch |
bouncy
live
lively
resilient
springy | elastic, rebounds readily, clean bouncy hair, a lively tennis ball, as resilient as seasoned hickory, springy turf |
| live unrecorded | actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing, a live television program, brought to you live from Lincoln Center, live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience |
| live | charged with an explosive, live ammunition, a live bomb |
| live(a) | highly reverberant, a live concert hall |
viviparous
live-bearing | producing living young (not eggs) |
| live | not recorded, the opera was broadcast live |