Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic. |
Catskill period () The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology. |
Champlain period () A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period |
Chemung period () A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology. |
Hamilton period () A subdivision of the Devonian system of America |
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. |
Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology. |
Period (n.) A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies |
Period (n.) A stated and recurring interval of time |
Period (n.) One of the great divisions of geological time |
Period (n.) The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act |
Period (n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another |
Period (n.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word. |
Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals. |
Period (n.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission. |
Period (n.) A complete musical sentence. |
Period (v. t.) To put an end to. |
Period (v. i.) To come to a period |
Phase (n.) That which is exhibited to the eye |
Phase (n.) Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view |
Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk |
Phase (n.) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration |
Salina period () The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology. |
Self-life (n.) Life for one's self |
Trenton period () A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America |
life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
phase space | (physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance, a multidimensional phase space |
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 |
phase I clinical trial phase I | a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device, for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained |
phase II clinical trial phase II | a clinical trial on more persons than in phase I, intended to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for the condition it is intended to treat, possible side effects are monitored |
phase III clinical trial phase III | a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects, after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA |
phase IV clinical trial phase IV | sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects, during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials |
preclinical trial preclinical test preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
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 |
phase-out | the act or instance of a planned discontinuation |
course session class period recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study |
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 |
period piece | any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period |
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 |
phase | (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun), the full phase of the moon |
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 |
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 |
life science bioscience | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
phase modulation PM | modulation of the phase of the carrier wave |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
period point full stop stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
Life Saver | a candy shaped like a small lifesaver |
bread breadstuff staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked |
elixir of life | a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely, once sought by alchemists |
pro-life faction | those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited |