| life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant
flora
plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
elaboration
working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
| 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 |
career
calling
vocation | the particular occupation for which you are trained |
walk of life
walk | careers in general, it happens in all walks of life |
employment
work | the occupation for which you are paid, he is looking for employment, a lot of people are out of work |
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 |
| history lesson | a lesson in the facts of history |
use
usage
utilization
utilisation
employment exercise | the act of using, he warned against the use of narcotic drugs, skilled in the utilization of computers |
| employment engagement | the act of giving someone a job |
| working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
| 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 |
working
workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
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 |
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 |
| ancient history | knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence |
fantasy life
phantasy life | an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world |
| working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking |
| natural history | the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals |
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 |
working principle
working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done |
life science
bioscience | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
| history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings, he teaches Medieval history, history takes the long view |
| art history | the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture |
| history | all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing, a body of knowledge, the dawn of recorded history, from the beginning of history |
history
account
chronicle
story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
| ancient history | a history of the ancient world |