Bee line
() The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey |
Device
(n.) That which is devised, or formed by design |
Device
(n.) Power of devising |
Device
(n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance. |
Device
(n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing. |
Device
(n.) Anything fancifully conceived. |
Device
(n.) A spectacle or show. |
Device
(n.) Opinion |
Gunter's line
() A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers |
Install
(v. t.) To set in a seat |
Install
(v. t.) To place in an office, rank, or order |
Interception
(n.) The act of intercepting |
Line
(n.) Flax |
Line
(n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax. |
Line
(v. t.) To cover the inner surface of |
Line
(v. t.) To put something in the inside of |
Line
(v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense |
Line
(v. t.) To impregnate |
Line
(n.) A linen thread or string |
Line
(n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver |
Line
(n.) The course followed by anything in motion |
Line
(n.) Direction |
Line
(n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed |
Line
(n.) A short letter |
Line
(n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. |
Line
(n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy |
Line
(n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. |
Line
(n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory |
Line
(n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand |
Line
(n.) Lineament |
Line
(n.) A straight row |
Line
(n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person |
Line
(n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc. |
Line
(n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. |
Line
(n.) The equator |
Line
(n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring |
Line
(n.) A measuring line or cord. |
Line
(n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart |
Line
(n.) Instruction |
Line
(n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working |
Line
(n.) The track and roadbed of a railway |
Line
(n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart |
Line
(n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. |
Line
(n.) A trench or rampart. |
Line
(n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. |
Line
(n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. |
Line
(n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. |
Line
(n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber. |
Line
(n.) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles |
Line
(n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. |
liner
line drive | (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter, the batter hit a liner to the shortstop |
line-drive single
line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
line-drive double
line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
line-drive triple
line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
| interception | (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team |
| tracing | the discovery and description of the course of development of something, the tracing of genealogies |
device
gimmick
twist | any clever maneuver, he would stoop to any device to win a point, it was a great sales gimmick, a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen |
line of least resistance
path of least resistance | the easiest way, In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance |
avocation
by-line
hobby
pursuit sideline
spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
| trap block | (American football) an illegal block |
occupation
business
job
line of work
line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, he's not in my line of business |
linebacker
line backer | (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage |
| tracing | the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline |
mousetrap
trap play | (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
| interception | the act of intercepting, preventing something from proceeding or arriving, he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters, he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible |
field
field of operation
line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
| line of duty | all that is normally required in some area of responsibility |
| line management | administration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's output |
| line | acting in conformity, in line with, he got out of line, toe the line |
ambush
ambuscade
lying in wait
trap | the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
| trap-door spider | American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid |
lateral line
lateral line organ | sense organs of fish and amphibians, believed to detect pressure changes in the water |
acoustic delay line
sonic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves |
| acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
alarm
warning device
alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
| A-line | women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline, it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
bunker
sand trap
trap | a hazard on a golf course |
| bus line | an organization responsible for operating a bus transportation system |
| cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
cellular telephone
cellular phone
cellphone
cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter
receiver |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
cleaning implement
cleaning device
cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
| delay line | a circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal |
delineation
depiction
limning
line drawing | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
| desk phone | a telephone set that sits on a desk or table |
detonator
detonating device
cap | a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive, can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive |
| device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose, the device is small enough to wear on your wrist, a device intended to conserve water |
| device | an emblematic design (especially in heraldry), he was recognized by the device on his shield |
| device | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) |
dial telephone
dial phone | a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
digital subscriber line
DSL | a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds |
drive line
drive line system | mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle |
earphone
earpiece
headphone
phone | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds, it is held over or inserted into the ear, it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked |
| elastic device | any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched |