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. |
Self-life
(n.) Life for one's self |
Self-sufficiency
(n.) The quality or state of being self-sufficient. |
Style
(v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax. |
Style
(v. t.) Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use. |
Style
(v. t.) A pen |
Style
(v. t.) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving |
Style
(v. t.) A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument. |
Style
(v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects. |
Style
(v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon. |
Style
(v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil. |
Style
(v. t.) Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written |
Style
(v. t.) Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts |
Style
(v. t.) Conformity to a recognized standard |
Style
(v. t.) Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated |
Style
(v. t.) A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars. |
Style
(v. t.) To entitle |
Sufficiency
(n.) The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed |
Sufficiency
(n.) Qualification for any purpose |
Sufficiency
(n.) Adequate substance or means |
Sufficiency
(n.) Supply equal to wants |
Sufficiency
(n.) Conceit |
Sustainable
(a.) Capable of being sustained or maintained |
| 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 |
| style | a slender bristlelike or tubular process, a cartilaginous style |
| 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 |
stylus
style | a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving, he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus |
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 |
| classical style | the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony |
dash
elan flair
panache
style | distinctive and stylish elegance, he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer |
manner mode
style
way fashion | how something is done or how it happens, her dignified manner, his rapid manner of talking, their nomadic mode of existence, in the characteristic New York style, a lonely way of life, in an abrasive fashion |
artistic style
idiom | the style of a particular artist or school or movement, an imaginative orchestral idiom |
life style
life-style
lifestyle
modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes |
sufficiency
adequacy | the quality of being sufficient for the end in view, he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence |
| right to life | the right to live |
| life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
hairdo
hairstyle
hair style
coiffure
coif | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
fantasy life
phantasy life | an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world |
vogue
trend style | the popular taste at a given time, leather is the latest vogue, he followed current trends, the s had a style of their own |
haute couture
high fashion
high style | trend-setting fashions |
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 |
architectural style
style of architecture
type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
perpendicular
perpendicular style
English-Gothic
English-Gothic architecture | a Gothic style in th and th century England, characterized by vertical lines and a fourentered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting |
| style | a particular kind (as to appearance), this style of shoe is in demand |
life science
bioscience | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
| style sheet | a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication |
biography
life
life story
life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
| style | editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display |
old style
old style font | a typeface (based on an th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes |