All English words - page 1978

Meanings of Limulus:

noun

An arthropod of a genus that comprises the north american horseshoe crab and its extinct relatives.

Meanings of Linacs:

noun

Short for linear accelerator.

Meanings of Linages:

noun

The number of lines in printed or written matter, especially when used to calculate payment.

Usage examples:

Not only had circulation increased throughout the deseret news's disastrous go-for-broke circulatio…

Meanings of Lincoln:

proper noun

A city in eastern england, the county town of lincolnshire; population 86,800 (est. 2009). it was founded by the romans as lindum colonia.

Meanings of Lindens:

noun

Another term for the lime tree, especially in north america.

Usage examples:

Lime trees (formerly also called the linden of romantic legend, or the lin - the swedish naturalist…

Meanings of Lindy:

noun

A fast, energetic dance popular during the late 1930s and 1940s, that includes some steps with a partner and some improvised steps (= invented at the time)

Usage examples:

Lindy hop started in harlem, new york, when local dancers added to the popular charleston with fast…

Meanings of Line up:

idiom

Form a line

phrasal verb

Arrange a number of people or things in a straight row.

Usage examples:

An officer lined them up and gave them a short speech

Meanings of Line-manager:

noun

Someone directly in charge of workers

Usage examples:

Often those people on sick leave would just be left alone with little or no contact from their line…

Meanings of Line-of-reasoning:

phrase

A way of thinking about a particular subject

Usage examples:

We cannot agree with their line of reasoning., there is no logical line of thinking to explain why …

Meanings of Line-of-thinking:

phrase

A way of thinking about a particular subject

Usage examples:

We cannot agree with their line of reasoning., there is no logical line of thinking to explain why …

Meanings of Line-something-up:

phrasal verb

To organize or arrange for something to be done

Usage examples:

Have you lined up a band to play at the party?, all the students were lining up for lunch., the pho…

Meanings of Lineage:

noun

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Usage examples:

A dutch nobleman of ancient lineage

Meanings of Lineal:

adjective

In a direct line of descent or ancestry.

Usage examples:

A lineal descendant

Meanings of Lineament:

noun

A distinctive feature or characteristic, especially of the face.

Usage examples:

I recognized those haggard lineaments

Meanings of Linear:

adjective

Arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line.

Usage examples:

Linear movement

Meanings of Linearise:

verb

Make linear; represent in or transform into a linear form.

Usage examples:

Air was focused and linearized by the air pump

Meanings of Linearised:

verb

Make linear; represent in or transform into a linear form.

Usage examples:

Air was focused and linearized by the air pump

Meanings of Linearising:

verb

Make linear; represent in or transform into a linear form.

Usage examples:

Air was focused and linearized by the air pump

Meanings of Linearity:

noun

The fact of involving a series of events or thoughts in which one follows another one directly

Usage examples:

Linearity is rare in true autobiographies. we don't live in a straight line., the conventional line…

Meanings of Linearizes:

verb

Make linear; represent in or transform into a linear form.

Usage examples:

Air was focused and linearized by the air pump

Meanings of Linearizing:

verb

Make linear; represent in or transform into a linear form.

Usage examples:

Air was focused and linearized by the air pump

Meanings of Linearly:

adverb

In a straight or nearly straight line.

Usage examples:

The house is a longish structure with rooms linearly arranged

Meanings of Lineation:

noun

The action or process of drawing lines or marking with lines.

Usage examples:

So too with any great tradition of poetry: we must have a place to start, the conventions of lineat…

Meanings of Linefeeds:

noun

The action of advancing paper in a printing machine or text on a screen by the space of one line.

Usage examples:

Preview pane strips out all the carriage returns and line feeds, so everything becomes one huge par…

Meanings of Linemen:

noun

A person employed in laying and maintaining railway track.

Usage examples:

Contractor linemen forget to use personal protective equipment, such as insulated gloves, more ofte…