Bee line
() The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey |
Chimney-piece
(n.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace. |
Gunter's line
() A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers |
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. |
Line
(n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. |
Line
(n.) A measure of length |
Line
(v. t.) To mark with a line or lines |
Line
(v. t.) To represent by lines |
Line
(v. t.) To read or repeat line by line |
Line
(v. t.) To form into a line |
Piece
(n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing |
Piece
(n.) A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work |
Piece
(n.) Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind |
Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
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 |
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 |
cinch breeze
picnic
snap duck soup
child's play
pushover
walkover
piece of cake | any undertaking that is easy to do, marketing this product will be no picnic |
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 |
c fuck
fucking
screw
screwing
ass
nooky
nookie
piece of ass
piece of tail
roll in the hay
shag shtup ff | slang for sexual intercourse |
rail technology
railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
parcel
portion
share | the allotment of some amount by dividing something, death gets more than its share of attention from theologians |
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 |
| rail | any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
corncrake
land rail
Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
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 |
| 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 |
bikini
two-piece | a woman's very brief bathing suit |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
| 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 |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
chessman
chess piece | any of white and black pieces used in playing the game of chess |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
collector's item
showpiece
piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
| 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 |
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 |
| electromagnetic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of electromagnetic waves |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
| feeder line | a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline) |
| fife rail | the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel |
firearm
piece small-arm | a portable gun, he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster |
| fishing line | a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached |
| fowling piece | a light shotgun used for fowling |
fuel line
gas line petrol line | a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine, the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line |
furniture
piece of furniture
article of furniture | furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy, they had too much furniture for the small apartment, there was only one piece of furniture in the room |
| fur-piece | a neckpiece made of fur |
| gas line | a pipeline used to transport natural gas, the workmen broke through the gas line |
handline
hand line | a fishing line managed principally by hand |
| harpoon line | a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat |
| hot line | a direct telephone line between two officials |