| life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
animal
animate being
beast
brute
creature
fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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 |
| animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals |
zoolatry
animal-worship | the worship of animals |
Animalia
kingdom Animalia
animal kingdom | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
| range animal | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
| work animal | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
| draft animal | an animal used for pulling heavy loads |
pack animal
sumpter | an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads |
domestic animal
domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
marine animal
marine creature
sea animal
sea creature | any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals |
| animal virus | an animal pathogen that is a virus |
| animal order | the order of animals |
livestock
stock
farm animal | any animals kept for use or profit |
predator
predatory animal | any animal that lives by preying on other animals |
animal foot
foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
bryozoan
polyzoan
sea mat
sea moss
moss animal | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles, attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding |
goat
caprine animal | any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns |
| fictional animal | animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories) |
| animal leg | the leg of an animal |
| 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 |
safety belt
life belt safety harness | belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt |
| still life | a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers |
animality
animal nature | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect |
liveliness
life spirit sprightliness | animation and energy in action or expression, it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it |
bewitchery
beguilement
animal magnetismb | magnetic personal charm |
life style
life-style
lifestyle
modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes |
| right to life | the right to live |
| life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |