(chiefly US) Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion. / (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of euthanasia. / (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of capital punishment.

Alteration of the vocal cords by surgery, intended to give the recipient a more youthful-sounding voice.

(biology) The course of stages through which an organism passes from fertilized zygote until maturity, reproduction, and death.

Alternative spelling of life cycle

plural of fact of life / (euphemistic) knowledge of sexual reproduction (almost always used with the)

Something that cannot be avoided.

(idiomatic, chiefly UK and Ireland) The real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education.

The state of afterlife; existence in heaven.

(intransitive, chiefly Britain) To hitchhike.

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling. / (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis. / A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.