Approach (v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time |
Approach (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense |
Approach (v. t.) To bring near |
Approach (v. t.) To come near to in place, time, or character |
Approach (v. t.) To take approaches to. |
Approach (v. i.) The act of drawing near |
Approach (v. i.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near. |
Approach (v. i.) Movements to gain favor |
Approach (v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached |
Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. |
Approach (v. i.) See Approaching. |
Attitude (n.) The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue. |
Attitude (n.) The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed |
Attitude (n.) Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood |
Electro-positive (a.) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole |
Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive |
Electro-positive (n.) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. |
Life (n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death |
Life (n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body |
Life (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions |
Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions |
Life (n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc. |
Life (n.) Animation |
Life (n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor |
Life (n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state |
Life (n.) A person |
Life (n.) The system of animal nature |
Life (n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood. |
Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life |
Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers |
Life (n.) Something dear to one as one's existence |
Life-giving (a.) Giving life or spirit |
Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. |
Life-saving (a.) That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning |
Life-size (a.) Of full size |
Life-weary (a.) Weary of living. |
Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy |
Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself |
Positive (a.) Definitely laid down |
Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion |
Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution |
Positive (a.) Fully assured |
Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence |
Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed |
Positive (a.) Electro-positive. |
Positive (a.) Hence, basic |
Positive (n.) That which is capable of being affirmed |
Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment. |
Positive (n.) The positive degree or form. |
Positive (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative. |
life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
approach approaching coming | the act of drawing spatially closer to something, the hunter's approach scattered the geese |
landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane |
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 |
groundontrolled approach GCA | aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar |
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 |
approach approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green, he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green |
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 |
attitude | a theatrical pose created for effect, the actor struck just the right attitude |
fraud in fact positive fraud | actual deceit, concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another |
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 |
positive chemotaxis | movement toward a chemical stimulus |
life class | an art class using a live human model |
approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
access approach | a way of entering or leaving, he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge |
approach trench communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
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 |
positive | a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject |
positive pole positive magnetic pole north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
positive pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate |
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 |
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 |
approach | a close approximation, the nearest approach to genius |
life style life-style lifestyle modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes |
approach approaching coming | the temporal property of becoming nearer in time, the approach of winter |
position posture attitude | the arrangement of the body and its limbs, he assumed an attitude of surrender |
right to life | the right to live |
life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
fantasy life phantasy life | an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world |
real world real life | the practical world as opposed to the academic world, a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world |
life living | the experience of being alive, the course of human events and activities, he could no longer cope with the complexities of life |
positive reinforcing stimulus positive reinforcer | a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it |