life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
career life history | the general progression of your working or professional life, the general had had a distinguished career, he had a long career in the law |
way path way of life | a course of conduct, the path of virtue, we went our separate ways, our paths in life led us apart, genius usually follows a revolutionary path |
nightlife night life | the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.), a futile search for intelligent nightlife, in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs |
sporting life | active interest in gambling on sports events |
nightlife night life | the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion |
walk of life walk | careers in general, it happens in all walks of life |
business life professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
extravagance prodigality lavishness highlife high life | excessive spending |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR cardiac resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
sexual love lovemaking making love love love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
reproduction procreation breeding facts of life | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
life class | an art class using a live human model |
yellow jacket yellow hornet Vespula maculifrons | small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground |
bed jacket | a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed) |
blazer sport jacket sport coat sports jacket sports coat | lightweight single-breasted jacket, often striped in the colors of a club or school |
bomber jacket | a jacket gathered into a band at the waist |
bush jacket | a loose fitting jacket, resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt |
crown crownwork jacket jacket crown cap | (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth, tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown |
dinner jacket tux tuxedo black tie | semiformal evening dress for men |
dolman dolman jacket | a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders |
donkey jacket | a short thick jacket, often worn by workmen |
double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
Eton jacket | a jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
jacket | a short coat |
jacket | an outer wrapping or casing, phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets |
jacket | the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition |
Jaws of Life | hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside |
life buoy lifesaver life belt life ring | a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material |
life jacket life vest cork jacket | life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design |
life mask | a cast taken from the face of a living person |
life office | life assurance office |
life preserver preserver flotation device | rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning |
life raft Carling float | a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency |
life-support system life support | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive, the patient is on life support |
life-support system life support | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions, the astronauts relied on their life-support systems |
lounging jacket smoking jacket | a man's soft jacket usually with a tie belt, worn at home |
lumberjack lumber jacket | a short warm outer jacket |
Mae West air jacket | an inflatable life jacket |
Mao jacket | a light weight jacket with a high collar, worn by Mao Zedong and the Chinese people during his regime |
mess jacket monkey jacket shell jacket | waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back, worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners |
Norfolk jacket | loose-fitting single-breasted jacket |
pea jacket peacoat | a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket |
pentobarbital sodium pentobarbital Nembutal yellow jacket | a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic |
record jacket | the jacket for a phonograph record |
safety belt life belt safety harness | belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt |
single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
ski parka ski jacket | a parka to be worn while skiing |