Bee line
() The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey |
Bottom
(n.) The lowest part of anything |
Bottom
(n.) The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold |
Bottom
(n.) That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense |
Bottom
(n.) The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea. |
Bottom
(n.) The fundament |
Bottom
(n.) An abyss. |
Bottom
(n.) Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river |
Bottom
(n.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water |
Bottom
(n.) Power of endurance |
Bottom
(n.) Dregs or grounds |
Bottom
(a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom |
Bottom
(v. t.) To found or build upon |
Bottom
(v. t.) To furnish with a bottom |
Bottom
(v. t.) To reach or get to the bottom of. |
Bottom
(v. i.) To rest, as upon an ultimate support |
Bottom
(v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder. |
Bottom
(n.) A ball or skein of thread |
Bottom
(v. t.) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. |
Conclusion
(n.) The last part of anything |
Conclusion
(n.) Final decision |
Conclusion
(n.) Any inference or result of reasoning. |
Conclusion
(n.) The inferred proposition of a syllogism |
Conclusion
(n.) Drawing of inferences. |
Conclusion
(n.) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. |
Conclusion
(n.) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc. |
Conclusion
(n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. |
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. |
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 |
decision
determination conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something, the burden of decision was his, he drew his conclusions quickly |
termination
ending
conclusion | the act of ending something, the termination of the agreement |
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 |
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 |
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 |
finding of law
conclusion of law | a finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts |
| line | acting in conformity, in line with, he got out of line, toe the line |
bottom-feeder
bottom-dweller | a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water |
| bottom-feeder | a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain |
| bottom lurkers | a fish that lurks on the bottom of a body of water |
blue whale
sulfur bottom
Balaenoptera musculus | largest mammal ever known, bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere |
lateral line
lateral line organ | sense organs of fish and amphibians, believed to detect pressure changes in the water |
groundfish
bottom fish | fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder) |
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 |
bottom
freighter
merchantman
merchant ship | a cargo ship, they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms |
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 |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
| 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 |
| false bottom | a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom) |
| feeder line | a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline) |
| fishing line | a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached |
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 |
| 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 |
land line
landline | a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits, a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave |
lead line
sounding line | (nautical) plumb line for determining depth |
| line | something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible, a washing line |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
| line | a commercial organization serving as a common carrier |
line product line
line of products
line of merchandise
business line
line of business | a particular kind of product or merchandise, a nice line of shoes |
linecut
line block
line engraving | engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved |
| linecut line engraving | a print obtained from a line drawing |
line of defense
line of defence | defensive structure consisting of a barrier that can be employed for defense against attack |