Definition of life

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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; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..

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Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom..
Adolescence :: Adolescence (n.) The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals..
Heroic :: Heroic (a.) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure..
Tanistry :: Tanistry (n.) In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election..
Mammaliferous :: Mammaliferous (a.) Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.
Domesticate :: Domesticate (a.) To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self..
Expression :: Expression (n.) Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair..
Salvage :: Salvage (n.) The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea..
Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
Degree :: Degree (n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.
Inconvenience :: Inconvenience (n.) That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty..
Warfare :: Warfare (v. i.) To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
Oreoselin :: Oreoselin (n.) A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition..
Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Vivification :: Vivification (n.) The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival..
Poriferan :: Poriferan (n.) One of the Polifera.
Bioplasm :: Bioplasm (n.) A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.
Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another..
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