living thing
animate thing | a living (or once living) entity |
terrain flight
low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
| Abney level | a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube, used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target |
| carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it |
| Dumpy level | a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level |
floor level storey
story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
ground floor
first floor
ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
horizontal surface
level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
housing
lodging
living accommodations | structures collectively in which people are housed |
level
spirit level | indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid |
level crossing
grade crossing | intersection of a railway and a road on the same level, barriers close road when trains pass |
living quarters
quarters | housing available for people to live in, he found quarters for his family, I visited his bachelor quarters |
living room
livingoom
sitting room
front room
parlor parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax |
| mason's level | a level longer than a carpenter's level |
| plumb level | a carpenter's level with a plumb line at right angles to it |
| surveyor's level | surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis, for measuring relative heights of land |
| water level | a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube |
| free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
luminosity
brightness brightness level
luminance
luminousness
light | the quality of being luminous, emitting or reflecting light, its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun |
degree
grade
level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality, a moderate grade of intelligence, a high level of care is required, it is all a matter of degree |
| amplitude level | the level on a scale of amplitude |
| signal level | the amplitude level of the desired signal |
noise level
background level | the amplitude level of the undesired background noise |
| intensity strength intensity level | the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation), he adjusted the intensity of the sound, they measured the station's signal strength |
| threshold level | the intensity level that is just barely perceptible |
acoustic power
sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
utmost
uttermost
maximum
level best | the greatest possible degree, he tried his utmost |
| level | height above ground, the water reached ankle level, the pictures were at the same level |
| grade ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands, the base of the tower was below grade |
| water level | the level of the surface of a body of water |
| sea level | level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide), used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth |
protoplasm
living substance | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
| living arrangement | an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist |
life
living | the experience of being alive, the course of human events and activities, he could no longer cope with the complexities of life |
level
layer
stratum | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth, a good actor communicates on several levels, a simile has at least two layers of meaning, the mind functions on many strata simultaneously |
| living will | a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness, after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will |
| high-level formatting | (computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurations |
low-level formatting
initialization
initialisation | (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position |
price index
price level | an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time |
consumer price index
CPI
cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
| high-level language | a problem-oriented language requiring little knowledge of the computer on which it will be run |
| living | people who are still living, save your pity for the living |
waterline
water line
water level | a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel, often painted on the hull of a ship |
water table
water level
groundwater level | underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water, spring rains had raised the water table |
zombi
zombie
living dead | a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force |
energy level
energy state | a definite stable energy that a physical system can have, used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules, according to quantum theory only certain energy levels are possible |
pressure
pressure level
force per unit area | the force applied to a unit area of surface, measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit), the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure |
| sea-level pressure | the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level |
lithops
living stone
stoneface
stone-face
stone plant
stone life face
flowering stone | any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones |