life support
— Noun
– English
~ equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems"
life support
— Noun
– English
~ 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"
logistic support
— Noun
– English
~ assistance between and within military commands
life-support
— Adjective
– English
~ of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
Lobotes surinamensis
— Noun
– English
~ tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America
lazy Susan
— Noun
– English
~ a revolving tray placed on a dining table
life-sustaining
— Adjective
– English
~ 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"
lamboid suture
— Noun
– English
~ the suture between the occipital and parietal bones
Lathyrus sylvestris
— Noun
– English
~ European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
lip sync
— Noun
– English
~ combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
lip-sync
— Verb
– English
~ move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song)
lip synch
— Noun
– English
~ combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
lip-synch
— Verb
– English
~ move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song)
lip synchronisation
— Noun
– English
~ combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
lip synchronization
— Noun
– English
~ combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
— Noun
– English
~ a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions
lang syne
— Adverb
– English
~ of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish
lens system
— Noun
– English
~ a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
list system
— Noun
– English
~ based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote
life-support system
— Noun
– English
~ 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"