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10-letter words that end in line

  • non-saline — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
  • party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
  • pitch line — pitch circle.
  • plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
  • power line — a line for conducting electric power.
  • preincline — to dispose or prepare beforehand: Their experiences had preinclined them to think pessimistically.
  • punch line — the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect.
  • pycnocline — a layer, zone, or gradient of changing density, esp. a thin layer of ocean water with a density that increases rapidly with depth
  • pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
  • range line — (in U.S. public-land surveys) one of two parallel lines running north and south that define the east and west borders of a township. Compare township (def 2), township line.
  • rhumb line — a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction.
  • rosaniline — a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.
  • saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
  • selegiline — a drug used in treating Parkinson's disease, depression and dementia
  • sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
  • short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
  • sound line — a line fastened to a harpoon and carried down into the water by a whale when sounding
  • sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
  • staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
  • state line — A state line is a border between two states within a country.
  • story line — plot (def 2).
  • strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
  • streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
  • timberline — the altitude above sea level at which timber ceases to grow.
  • tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
  • trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
  • trend line — a line on a graph or chart that shows a statistical trend
  • trunk line — a major long-distance transportation line.
  • water line — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
  • white line — a stripe of white paint, tiles, or the like, that marks the center or outer edge of a road.
  • world-line — a line on a space–time path that shows the path of a body
  • worry line — a line on someone's face, believed to be cause by worry
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