1. Vitally important
   "a life-and-death struggle"
   - life-or-death

See also: crucial, important

• bleat
• bleb
• blebbed
• blebby
• Blechnaceae
• Blechnum
• Blechnum spicant
• bleed
• better
• better half
• better off
• better-known
• better-looking
• bettering
• betterment
• betting
• betting odds
• betting shop
• bettong
• Bettongia
• bettor
• betty
• Betty Friedan
• Betty Naomi Friedan
• Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan