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 |
candlestick candle holder | a holder with sockets for candles |
cartridge holder cartridge clip clip magazine | a metal frame or container holding cartridges, can be inserted into an automatic gun |
cigarette holder | a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked |
gas holder gasometer | a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel |
gravy boat gravy holder sauceboat boat | a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce |
holder | a holding device, a towel holder, a cigarette holder, an umbrella holder |
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 |
roach clip roach holder | metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach |
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 |
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 |
recipient role recipient | the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
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 |
life | a motive for living, pottery was his life |
recipient receiver | a person who receives something |
ticket holder | holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage) |
annuitant | the recipient of an annuity |