Assurance (n.) The act of assuring |
Assurance (n.) The state of being assured |
Assurance (n.) Firmness of mind |
Assurance (n.) Excess of boldness |
Assurance (n.) Betrothal |
Assurance (n.) Insurance |
Assurance (n.) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property |
Hilary term () Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year |
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. |
Sea term () A term used specifically by seamen |
Self-life (n.) Life for one's self |
Term (n.) That which limits the extent of anything |
Term (n.) The time for which anything lasts |
Term (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students |
Term (n.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits |
Term (n.) A fixed period of time |
Term (n.) The limitation of an estate |
Term (n.) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation. |
Term (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes. |
Term (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition |
Term (n.) A word or expression |
Term (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr |
Term (n.) A member of a compound quantity |
Term (n.) The menses. |
Term (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties |
Term (n.) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents. |
Term (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. |
Term (n.) To apply a term to |
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 |
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 |
terminus terminal figure term | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
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 |
assurance self-assurance confidence selfonfidence authority sureness | freedom from doubt, belief in yourself and your abilities, his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular, after that failure he lost his confidence, she spoke with authority |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
long-term memory LTM | your general store of remembered information |
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 |
term | any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial, the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree |
degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term |
life science bioscience | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
term | a word or expression used for some particular thing, he learned many medical terms |
term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition, the major term of a syllogism must occur twice |
major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |
middle term | the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion |
condition term | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement, the contract set out the conditions of the lease, the terms of the treaty were generous |
slang slang expression slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
assurance | a statement intended to inspire confidence, the President's assurances were not respected |
assurance pledge | a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something, an assurance of help when needed, signed a pledge never to reveal the secret |