Bee line
() The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey |
Belt
(n.) That which engirdles a person or thing |
Belt
(n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle. |
Belt
(n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt |
Belt
(n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. |
Belt
(n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. |
Belt
(n.) A narrow passage or strait |
Belt
(n.) A token or badge of knightly rank. |
Belt
(n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. |
Belt
(n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ |
Belt
(v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt |
Belt
(v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. |
Circle
(n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center. |
Circle
(n.) The line that bounds such a figure |
Circle
(n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle. |
Circle
(n.) A round body |
Circle
(n.) Compass |
Circle
(n.) A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie |
Circle
(n.) A circular group of persons |
Circle
(n.) A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself. |
Circle
(n.) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other |
Circle
(n.) Indirect form of words |
Circle
(n.) A territorial division or district. |
Circle
(n.) To move around |
Circle
(n.) To encompass, as by a circle |
Circle
(v. i.) To move circularly |
Circular
(a.) In the form of, or bounded by, a circle |
Circular
(a.) repeating itself |
Circular
(a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends |
Circular
(a.) Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest |
Circular
(a.) Perfect |
Circular
(a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons |
Circular
(a.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form. |
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 |
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 |
knock
belt
rap
whack
whang | the act of hitting vigorously, he gave the table a whack |
lap circle
circuit | movement once around a course, he drove an extra lap just for insurance |
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 |
| back circle | a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head |
| double leg circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels |
| grand circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the horizontal bar by swinging around it with the body fully extended |
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 |
| line | acting in conformity, in line with, he got out of line, toe the line |
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 |
| belt | a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) |
| belt | endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys |
belt belt ammunition
belted ammunition | ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun |
| belt buckle | the buckle used to fasten a belt |
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 |
| cartridge belt | a broad belt with loops or pockets for holding ammunition |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
circle
round | any circular or rotating mechanism, the machine punched out metal circles |
| circle dress circle | a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house, usually the first tier above the orchestra, they had excellent seats in the dress circle |
circular plane
compass plane | a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces |
circular saw
buzz saw | a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery, rotates on a spindle |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
conveyer belt
conveyor belt
conveyer
conveyor
transporter | a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) |
| 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 |
| driving belt | a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery |
| 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 |
| fan belt | a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator |
| 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 |
garter belt
suspender belt | a wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it, worn by women to hold up stockings |