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life-size |
life-sized |
life-style |
life-support |
life-support system |
life-sustaining
| life-threatening
| life-time
| life-weary
| lifeblood
| lifeboat
life-sustaining
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective life-sustaining has 1 sense
- life-sustaining(s = adj.all) vital - performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"
CIDE DICTIONARY
life-sustaining, adj.
being the seat or source of life; performing a necessary function in the living body; as, the need for life-sustaining air and water. [WordNet 1.5]
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