life-or-death
adjective · vitally important
Example: a life-and-death struggle0 core K5 entries + 0 reading-linked candidates + 0 WordNet reference entries · local review
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life-size
adjective · being of the same size as an original
Example: a life-size sculpturelife-support system
noun · medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive
Example: the patient is on life supportlifeless
adjective · deprived of life; no longer living
Example: a lifeless bodylifelessly
adverb · as if dead
lifelike
adjective · free from artificiality
Example: a lifelike poselifesize
adjective · being of the same size as an original
Example: a life-size sculpturelift out
verb · take out or up with or as if with a scoop
Example: scoop the sugar out of the containerlight
adjective · characterized by or emitting light
Example: a room that is light when the shutters are openlight upon
verb · find unexpectedly
Example: the archeologists chanced upon an old tomblight-colored
adjective · (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
Example: light bluelight-green
adjective · of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
Example: a green treelight-headedly
adverb · in a giddy light-headed manner
Example: he walked around dizzilylight-heartedly
adverb · in a light-hearted manner
Example: he light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of lifelight-tight
adjective · not penetrable by light
Example: lightproof containerslighten
verb · alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
Example: relieve the pressure and the stresslighten up
verb · become lighter
Example: The room lightened uplighting-up
adjective · turning lights on
Example: it's lighting-up timelightly
adverb · with indifference or without dejection
Example: he took it lightlylightsomely
adverb · in a light-hearted manner
Example: he light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of lifelightweight
adjective · weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
Example: a lightweight fabricliii
adjective · being three more than fifty
like
adjective · resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
Example: suits of like designlike a shot
adverb · without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Example: he answered immediatelylike an expert
adverb · in an expert manner
Example: he repaired the TV set expertlylike blue murder
adverb · at top speed
Example: he ran flat out to catch the buslike clockwork
adverb · with regularity and precision
Example: the rocket launch went off like clockworklike crazy
adverb · with great speed or effort or intensity
Example: drove like crazylike hell
adverb · with great speed or effort or intensity
Example: drove like crazylike kings
adverb · in a royal manner
Example: they were royally treatedlike mad
adverb · with great speed or effort or intensity
Example: drove like crazylike royalty
adverb · in a royal manner
Example: they were royally treatedlike sin
adverb · with great speed or effort or intensity
Example: drove like crazylike the devil
adverb · with great speed or effort or intensity
Example: drove like crazylike thunder
adverb · with great speed or effort or intensity
Example: drove like crazylikewise
adverb · in addition
Example: he has a Mercedes, toolilium pardalinum
noun · lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
limber
adjective · (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
limber up
verb · make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
limnodromus
noun · dowitchers
limpidly
adverb · in a clear and lucid manner
Example: this is a lucidly written booklimply
adverb · without rigidity
Example: the body was hanging limply from the treeline drawing
noun · a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
line up
verb · place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Example: align the car with the curblineally
adverb · by an unbroken line of descent
Example: she is related lineally to the Royal Familylinearise
verb · make linear or get into a linear form
Example: a catalyst linearizes polyethylenelinearize
verb · make linear or get into a linear form
Example: a catalyst linearizes polyethylenelinearly
adverb · in a linear manner
Example: linearly polarized radiationlined
adjective · bordered by a line of things
Example: tree lined streetslined snake
noun · secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods; feeds on earthworms; of central United States
linger
verb · leave slowly and hesitantly
lingeringly
adverb · in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way -Rossetti
Example: her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringlylingually
adverb · with respect to language
Example: linguistically impaired childrenlinguistically
adverb · with respect to language
Example: linguistically impaired childrenlink up
verb · make a logical or causal connection
Example: I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mindlinosyris vulgaris
noun · early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod
lionise
verb · assign great social importance to
Example: The film director was celebrated all over Hollywoodlionize
verb · assign great social importance to
Example: The film director was celebrated all over Hollywoodlip off
verb · speak spontaneously and without restraint
Example: She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regretslip-read
verb · interpret by lipreading; of deaf people