A particular crease in the palm.
A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
System or structure of vital importance to a community.
A source of salvation in a crisis.
On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
The death of a person or animal.
Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
The sum an entity loses on balance.
The destruction or ruin of an object.
Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.