Black death
() A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century. |
Crucial
(a.) Having the form of a cross |
Crucial
(a.) Severe |
Death
(v. i.) The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants. |
Death
(v. i.) Total privation or loss |
Death
(v. i.) Manner of dying |
Death
(v. i.) Cause of loss of life. |
Death
(v. i.) Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe. |
Death
(v. i.) Danger of death. |
Death
(v. i.) Murder |
Death
(v. i.) Loss of spiritual life. |
Death
(v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death. |
Death's-head
(n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death |
Death's-herb
(n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). |
Electro-vital
(a.) Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes |
Essential
(a.) Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. |
Essential
(a.) Hence, really existing |
Essential
(a.) Important in the highest degree |
Essential
(a.) Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant |
Essential
(a.) Necessary |
Essential
(a.) Idiopathic |
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. |
Matter
(n.) That of which anything is composed |
Matter
(n.) That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed |
Matter
(n.) That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done |
Matter
(n.) That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do |
Matter
(n.) Affair worthy of account |
Matter
(n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing |
Matter
(n.) Amount |
Matter
(n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies |
Matter
(n.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations |
Matter
(n.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type |
| life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant
flora
plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
killing
kill
putting to death | the act of terminating a life |
| death | the act of killing, he had two deaths on his conscience |
attainder
civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
| 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 |
danse macabre
dance of death | a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave |
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 |
execution
executing
capital punishment
death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
death adder
Acanthophis antarcticus | venomous Australian snake resembling an adder |
death's-head moth
Acherontia atropos | European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
| death camp | a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed |
death house
death row | the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution |
death knell
death bell | a bell rung to announce a death |
| death mask | a cast taken from the face of a dead person |
| death seat | the car seat beside the driver of an automobile, believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident |
electric chair
chair death chair
hot seat | an instrument of execution by electrocution, resembles an ordinary seat for one person, the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair |
gas chamber
death chamber | instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced, used to kill people or animals |
| 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 |
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 |
| death toll | the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster |
| matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
| right to life | the right to live |
| life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
vital organ
vitals | a bodily organ that is essential for life |
grey matter
gray matter
grey substance
gray substance
substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
white matter
substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
fantasy life
phantasy life | an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world |