Absurd
(a.) Contrary to reason or propriety |
Absurd
(n.) An absurdity. |
Area
(n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure |
Area
(n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands. |
Area
(n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. |
Area
(n.) An extent of surface |
Area
(n.) The superficial contents of any figure |
Area
(n.) A spot or small marked space |
Area
(n.) Extent |
Avatar
(n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal |
Avatar
(n.) Incarnation |
Icon
(n.) An image or representation |
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. |
Public
(a.) Of or pertaining to the people |
Public
(a.) Open to the knowledge or view of all |
Public
(a.) Open to common or general use |
Public
(n.) The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community |
Public
(n.) A public house |
Public-hearted
(a.) Public-spirited. |
Public-minded
(a.) Public-spirited. |
Public-spirited
(a.) Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public |
Public-spirited
(a.) Dictated by a regard to public good |
Self-life
(n.) Life for one's self |
Theatre
(n.) An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators |
Theatre
(n.) Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. |
Theatre
(n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like |
Theatre
(n.) A sphere or scheme of operation. |
Theatre
(n.) A place or region where great events are enacted |
| 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 |
soccer
association football | a football game in which two teams of players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal |
| 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 |
| public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) |
| public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
business life
professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
indecent exposure
public nudity | vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place |
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 |
carpet bombing
area bombing
saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
social welfare
welfare
public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need, she lives on welfare |
initial public offering
IPO
initial offering | a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public |
riot
public violence | a public act of violence by an unruly mob |
| community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
blastoderm
germinal disc
blastodisc
germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
agora
public square | a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece |
| area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function, the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants |
breakfast area
breakfast nook | a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen), the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats |
cargo area
cargo deck
cargo hold
hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
| dining area | an area arranged for dining, they put up tents for the dining area |
dinner theater
dinner theatre | a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission |
equal-area projection
equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
exhibition hall
exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
home theater
home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
| icon ikon | a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel, venerated in the Eastern Church |
| 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 |
launching pad
launchpad
launch pad
launch area
pad | a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched |
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 |
little theater
little theatre | a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups |
local area network
LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
lounge
waiting room
waiting area | a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |
music hall
vaudeville theater
vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged |
operating room
OR
operating theater
operating theatre
surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |