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Life-preserver :: Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water..

Preservable :: Preservable (a.) Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.

Preservation :: Preservation (n.) The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation..

Preservative :: Preservative (a.) Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc..

Preservative :: Preservative (n.) That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent..

Preservatories :: Preservatories (pl. ) of Preservator.

Preservatory :: Preservatory (a.) Preservative.

Preservatory :: Preservatory (n.) A preservative.

Preservatory :: Preservatory (n.) A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. i.) To make preserves.

Preserve :: Preserve (v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.

Preserve :: Preserve (n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural..

Preserve :: Preserve (n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food..

Preserved :: Preserved (imp. & p. p.) of Preserv.

Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another..

Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who makes preserves of fruit.

Preserving :: Preserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preserv.

Self-preservation :: Self-preservation (n.) The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.