10-letter words containing lin
- blindingly — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blindsided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
- blindsight — the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur after some forms of brain damage
- blindstory — a windowless story
- block line — a rope or cable used in a block and tackle
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- bowlingual — a device that allegedly translates a dog’s barks and grunts into a human language
- branglings — a series of squabbles or disputes
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brinelling — a localized surface corrosion; a cause of damage to bearings
- broccolini — a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica B. oleracea, which resembles broccoli and is eaten as a green vegetable
- bubbliness — full of, producing, or characterized by bubbles.
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- bunglingly — in a bungling manner
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- bustlingly — in a bustling manner
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cannellini — a cannellini bean
- canoodling — Present participle of canoodle.
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carolinian — of or relating to North or South Carolina
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- cataclinal — (of streams, valleys, etc) running in the direction of the dip of the surrounding rock strata
- catcalling — Present participle of catcall.
- centerline — a real or imaginary line passing through the center of something and dividing it into two equal parts
- centreline — a line that divides something into two equal parts
- centrelink — the Australian federal agency that distributes welfare funds
- chain-link — designating a fence made of galvanized steel links that are continuously interwoven
- chalk line — a chalked string for making a straight line on a large surface, as a wall, by holding the string taut against the surface and snapping it to transfer the chalk.
- chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
- changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
- channeling — esp. in some New Age beliefs, the process by which a person becomes a conduit for a deceased person, as someone from an ancient culture, who imparts information about a previous life
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- check line — a checkrein.
- chiangling — a city in S Hubei province, in central China, on the Chang Jiang.
- chilliness — The state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
- chillingly — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- chiselling — (British) present participle of chisel.
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- citrulline — an amino acid that occurs in watermelons and is an intermediate in the formation of urea. Formula: NH2CONH(CH2)3CHNH2COOH
- clew lines — the ropes connecting the clews of a sail with the yard, used in raising or lowering the sail