| boyhood |
the state or period of life when one is a boy. |
| career |
the work a person chooses to do through life. |
| caterpillar |
the larva, or middle life stage, of a moth or butterfly. Caterpillars are round and long like worms, but have six legs. They may be brightly colored. |
| cell |
a tiny unit of plant or animal life, having a nucleus and surrounded by a very thin membrane. [1/4 definitions] |
| civilian |
of civil life or civilians; not of the military or police. [1/2 definitions] |
| class |
a group of people who have a similar way of life and position in society. [1/8 definitions] |
| comfort |
a pleasant condition that comes from not having physical pain or from having an easy life with little worry. [1/3 definitions] |
| convent |
a group of nuns living together and devoted to a religious life. [1/2 definitions] |
| counseling |
the activity of meeting and talking regularly with someone who can give advice and support in a particular area of life. |
| death |
the end of life in any living thing, or the end of the life of a particular individual. [1/2 definitions] |
| desolate |
without the things that are necessary or desirable for life. [1/3 definitions] |
| dude |
a person visiting a western U.S. ranch who is from the city or does not know much about ranch life. [1/2 definitions] |
| dying |
close to death; losing life. |
| Easter |
a Christian holiday to celebrate that Jesus Christ returned to life after he died. Easter is held every spring on the Sunday after the first full moon between March 21 and April 25. |
| episode |
one event in a series of events in a person's life or a story. |
| evolution |
the theory that describes how all life forms developed from simpler life forms by changes that took millions of years. [1/3 definitions] |
| existence |
continued being or life. [2/3 definitions] |
| experience |
everything done or lived through in a person's life. [1/5 definitions] |
| fancy |
something pictured in the mind or wished for that may not be based on reason or real life. [1/7 definitions] |
| fate |
the power that is often believed to decide what will happen in human life or history. [1/3 definitions] |
| fertile |
producing or able to produce farm crops or other plant life. [1/3 definitions] |