adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
things needful" [syn: needed, needful, required]
n : anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of
life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers
to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a
place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can
be obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement, necessary] [ant: inessential]