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| aliment |
to sustain or feed. [1/3 definitions] |
| amino acid |
any of the organic acids necessary to build proteins and sustain life, some of which cannot be synthesized in the body and so must be consumed in the diet. |
| critical mass |
the minimum mass of fissionable material necessary to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. [1/2 definitions] |
| food |
any substance that contains nutrients and is ingested by living creatures in order to sustain life, health, and growth. [1/3 definitions] |
| fuel |
anything that serves to initiate, sustain, or intensify an action or feeling. [1/5 definitions] |
| life-support |
of or pertaining to equipment or procedures that can sustain life, either when a bodily system fails or when a living body is in a hostile environment, such as space. |
| overpopulate |
to fill with more inhabitants than available resources can sustain. |
| pressurize |
to sustain normal air pressure in (an airplane or submarine). [1/2 definitions] |
| prop1 |
to support, stabilize, or sustain with or as if with a beam, stick, stone, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| subcritical |
of a nuclear reactor or device, unable to sustain a fission chain reaction. [1/2 definitions] |
| support |
to sustain or encourage (someone) during periods of stress or affliction. [1/10 definitions] |
| survive |
to sustain life or remain in existence or use. [1/5 definitions] |
| vacuum bottle |
a bottle or flask with a vacuum between its double walls which helps to sustain the original temperature of the contents; thermos. |
| vibraphone |
a percussion instrument similar to a marimba but with metal instead of wooden bars and electrically operated resonators that sustain the tone and produce a vibrato. |
| water |
a transparent, tasteless, and odorless liquid that takes the form of rain, rivers, oceans, and lakes and is required to sustain most forms of life. [1/14 definitions] |
| wear |
to deteriorate or sustain damage through prolonged use, friction, exposure. [1/15 definitions] |
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