| AIRLINE | • airline n. A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods. • air␣line n. A pipe or tube supplying air or compressed air. • air␣line n. (Rail transport) A railroad following a very flat, straight route between two endpoints in order to… |
| BERLINE | • berline n. (Quebec, automotive) A sedan-type car. • berline n. (Historical) Alternative form of berlin (“type of carriage”). • BERLINE n. (German) an old four-wheeled carriage, also BERLIN. |
| CARLINE | • carline n. (Chiefly Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch. • carline n. (Nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to… • carline n. A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location. |
| MARLINE | • marline n. A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying. • marline n. Twine used similarly. • marline v. (Nautical) To wind marline around. |
| PURLINE | • purline n. Alternative form of purlin. • PURLINE n. a horizontal supporting timber, also PURLIN. |
| HAIRLINE | • hairline n. The line along one’s forehead where hair starts growing. • hairline n. A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography. • hairline n. A fishing line made from hair. |
| INTERLINE | • interline adj. Between lines. • interline adj. (Transport) Between (or with) two airlines. • interline v. To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for addition or correction. |
| UNDERLINE | • underline n. A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should… • underline n. The character _. • underline n. (Dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one. |
| WATERLINE | • waterline n. (Nautical) A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of… • waterline n. (Aviation) A horizontal line indicating the shape of an airfoil. • waterline n. A line showing where the water has been, usually a line separating dry land and wet areas; a watermark or tidemark. |
| BORDERLINE | • borderline adj. Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous. • borderline adj. Showing bad taste. • borderline adj. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder. |
| CENTERLINE | • centerline n. A line through the center that divides a shape into equal pieces. • centerline n. (Martial arts, boxing) An imaginary line connecting the center of two fighters’ bodies while they face each other. • CENTERLINE n. an often imaginary line that divides a body into two equal halves, also CENTRELINE. |
| TIMBERLINE | • timberline n. The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions. • timber␣line n. Alternative spelling of timberline. • TIMBERLINE n. the upper limit of timber trees on a mountain. |
| TELPHERLINE | • TELPHERLINE n. a line bearing a telpher. |