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life-of-man
  • n  unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
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life-style
  • n  a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
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life-support system
  • n  equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions
  • n  medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive
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life-time
  • n  the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
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life assurance
  • n  insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies
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life belt
  • n  belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt
  • n  a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
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life buoy
  • n  a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
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life cycle
  • n  a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
  • n  the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
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life estate
  • n  (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
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life expectancy
  • n  an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
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life force
  • n  (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
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