by-form
noun
ˈbī-ˌfȯrm 
: a parallel and sometimes less important form of a word, stem, or formative element in a given language or dialect
Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
- life of crime
- life of reilly
- life of Riley
- life peer
- life peerage
- life plant
- life preserver
- life raft
- life ring
- life science
- life scientist
- life scout
- life sentence
- life span
- life spans
- life story
- life table
- life tree
- life vest
- life zone
- life's ambition
- life's work
- life-affirming
- life-and-death
- life-care