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9-letter words that end in line

  • goal line — the line that bounds a goal, especially the front line.
  • grainline — The line of the warp on a piece of fabric.
  • grapeline — grapnel.
  • greenline — (transitive) To ease access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific areas.
  • guideline — any guide or indication of a future course of action: guidelines on the government's future policy.
  • half-line — ray1 (def 7b).
  • halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
  • hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
  • harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens
  • helicline — a curved ramp.
  • houseline — light cordage used for seizing.
  • inquiline — Zoology. an animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.
  • interline — to provide (a garment) with an interlining.
  • isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
  • jump line — a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper story is continued.
  • land line — a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
  • lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
  • laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
  • lead line — a line by which a lead is lowered into the water to take soundings: in deep-sea practice, divided into levels one fathom apart, variously treated as marks and deeps.
  • leucoline — quinoline.
  • load line — Also called Plimsoll line. any of various lines marked on the sides of a cargo vessel to indicate the depth to which a vessel may be immersed under certain conditions. Compare freeboard (def 1a).
  • loop line — a railway branch line which leaves the main line and rejoins it after a short distance
  • lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
  • main line — a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.
  • mandoline — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame with adjustable cutting blades for slicing vegetables.
  • masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • mean line — an imaginary x-high line.
  • mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
  • messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
  • metalline — metallic.
  • monocline — a monoclinal structure or fold.
  • multiline — Consisting of multiple lines.
  • musteline — belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, including the martens, skunks, minks, weasels, badgers, and otters.
  • neat line — a line defining a limit or edge of an excavation, cut stone, etc.
  • nepheline — a feldspathoid mineral, essentially sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSiO 4 , occurring in alkali-rich volcanic rocks.
  • nickeline — a usually massive, pale copper-red mineral, nickel arsenide, NiAs, with a metallic luster.
  • nonsaline — not containing salt
  • nummuline — relating to a nummulite or a member of the group Nummulitidae or consisting of nummulites
  • on a line — in the same plane; level
  • open-line — (of a radio or TV show) maintaining open telephone lines to permit listeners or viewers to phone a program with comments, questions, requests, etc.; call-in.
  • pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
  • parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
  • penduline — (of a bird's nest) hanging; resembling a pendant
  • percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
  • pericline — a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
  • picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
  • pipe line — A pipe line is a pipe which carries fluids over a long distance.
  • plot line — Usually, plot lines. dialogue that advances the plot, as in a play or motion-picture script.
  • primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
  • punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
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