acetylcholine | (noun) a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems | - |
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adrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, epinephrin, epinephrine |
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airline | (noun) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers | Synonyms: airline business, airway |
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(noun) a hose that carries air under pressure | Synonyms: air hose |
aline | (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: adjust, align, line up |
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alkaline | (adjective) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | Synonyms: alkalic |
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aminophylline | (noun) a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis | - |
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amitriptyline | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications | Synonyms: amitriptyline hydrochloride, Elavil |
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amygdaline | (adjective) related to or resembling an almond | - |
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aniline | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aminobenzine, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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anopheline | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes | - |
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(noun) any mosquito of the genus Anopheles | - |
aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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balkline | (noun) line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game | Synonyms: baulk-line, string line |
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baseline | (noun) the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases | - |
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(noun) the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line | Synonyms: service line |
(noun) an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared | - |
beeline | (noun) the most direct route | - |
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bloodline | (noun) ancestry of a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigree |
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(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
borderline | (adjective) of questionable or minimal quality | Synonyms: marginal |
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(noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: border, boundary line, delimitation, mete |
bowline | (noun) a loop knot that neither slips nor jams | Synonyms: bowline knot |
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breadline | (noun) a queue of people waiting for free food | Synonyms: bread line |
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bubaline | (adjective) relating to or resembling a buffalo | - |
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cauline | (adjective) especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem | - |
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(adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: caulescent, stemmed |
centerline | (noun) a line that bisects a plane figure | Synonyms: center line |
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chlortetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases | Synonyms: Aureomycin |
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choline | (noun) a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat | - |
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citrulline | (noun) an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine | - |
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clothesline | (noun) a cord on which clothes are hung to dry | - |
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coastline | (noun) the outline of a coast | - |
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compline | (noun) last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring | Synonyms: complin |
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copaline | (noun) partly mineralized copal dug from the ground | Synonyms: copalite, fossil copal |
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crinoline | (noun) a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing | - |
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(noun) a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric | - |
(noun) a skirt stiffened with hoops | Synonyms: hoopskirt |
crystalline | (adjective) consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals | - |
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(adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent |
(adjective) distinctly or sharply outlined | - |
dateline | (noun) a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch | - |
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(noun) an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian | Synonyms: date line, International Date Line |
(verb) mark with a date and place | Synonyms: date-mark, datemark |
deadline | (noun) the point in time at which something must be completed | - |
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decline | (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
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(noun) a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | Synonyms: decay |
(noun) change toward something smaller or lower | Synonyms: diminution |
(noun) a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline | Synonyms: declination |
(verb) grow smaller | Synonyms: go down, wane |
(verb) grow worse | Synonyms: worsen |
(verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: refuse |
(verb) inflect for number, gender, case, etc. | - |
(verb) go down | - |
(verb) fall in value | Synonyms: correct, slump |
(verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: pass up, refuse, reject, turn down |
discipline | (noun) training to improve strength or self-control | - |
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(noun) the act of disciplining | Synonyms: correction |
(noun) the trait of being well behaved | - |
(noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field |
(noun) a system of rules of conduct or method of practice | - |
(verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: correct, sort out |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, train |
disincline | (verb) make unwilling | Synonyms: indispose |
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doxycycline | (noun) an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections | Synonyms: Vibramycin |
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dropline | (noun) a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right | Synonyms: drop line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line |
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fedelline | (noun) extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli | - |
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feline | (adjective) of or relating to cats | - |
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(noun) any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws | Synonyms: felid |
gasoline | (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gas, gasolene, petrol |
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glyoxaline | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: imidazole, iminazole |
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guideline | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guidepost, rule of thumb |
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(noun) a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action | Synonyms: road map |
(noun) a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters | - |
hairline | (noun) the natural margin formed by hair on the head | - |
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(noun) a very thin line | - |
handline | (noun) a fishing line managed principally by hand | Synonyms: hand line |
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(noun) (climbing) a line that can be hung onto with hands while climbing up or down a steep or slick section for limited protection. | - |
hardline | (adjective) firm and uncompromising | Synonyms: hard-line |
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headline | (noun) the heading or caption of a newspaper article | Synonyms: newspaper headline |
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(verb) publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline | - |
(verb) provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline | - |
hemline | (noun) the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat | - |
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hipline | (noun) the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment | - |
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(noun) the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part | - |
hotline | (noun) a telefone line that provides direct and prompt information or advice to the caller in relation to a specific subject | Synonyms: hot line |
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hyaline | (adjective) resembling glass in transparency or translucency | Synonyms: hyaloid |
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(noun) a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions | Synonyms: hyalin |
hydroxyproline | (noun) a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen | - |
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hydroxytetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections | Synonyms: oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin |
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incline | (noun) an inclined surface connecting two levels | Synonyms: ramp |
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(noun) an elevated geological formation | Synonyms: side, slope |
(verb) make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief | Synonyms: dispose |
(verb) feel favorably disposed or willing | - |
(verb) be at an angle | Synonyms: pitch, slope |
(verb) lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow | - |
(verb) bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well | - |
(verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, lean, run, tend |
indiscipline | (noun) the trait of lacking discipline | Synonyms: undiscipline |
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kaoline | (noun) a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) | Synonyms: china clay, china stone, kaolin, porcelain clay, terra alba |
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landline | (noun) a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits | Synonyms: land line |
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lazuline | (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: azure, cerulean, sapphire, sky-blue |
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lifeline | (noun) line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning | - |
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(noun) line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver | - |
(noun) support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection) | - |
(noun) a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live | Synonyms: life line, line of life |
line | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: business, job, line of work, occupation |
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(noun) acting in conformity | - |
(noun) something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | - |
(noun) a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power | Synonyms: cable, transmission line |
(noun) the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed | Synonyms: rail line, railway line |
(noun) a commercial organization serving as a common carrier | - |
(noun) a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | Synonyms: pipeline |
(noun) a telephone connection | Synonyms: phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line |
(noun) a particular kind of product or merchandise | Synonyms: business line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line |
(noun) mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it | Synonyms: assembly line, production line |
(noun) a conceptual separation or distinction | Synonyms: contrast, demarcation, dividing line |
(noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argument, argumentation, line of reasoning, logical argument |
(noun) a mark that is long relative to its width | - |
(noun) text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen | - |
(noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | Synonyms: air, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune |
(noun) a short personal letter | Synonyms: billet, note, short letter |
(noun) (often plural) a means of communication or access | Synonyms: channel, communication channel |
(noun) persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress | - |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) a formation of people or things one behind another | - |
(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: course |
(noun) a formation of people or things one beside another | - |
(noun) a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent | - |
(noun) in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area | - |
(noun) a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops) | - |
(noun) a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum | - |
(noun) the maximum credit that a customer is allowed | Synonyms: bank line, credit line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit |
(noun) space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising | Synonyms: agate line |
(noun) a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | - |
(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle |
(verb) fill plentifully | - |
(verb) reinforce with fabric | - |
(verb) cover the interior of | - |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, trace |
(verb) mark with lines | - |
(verb) be in line with; form a line along | Synonyms: run along |
mainline | (verb) inject into the vein | - |
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marline | (noun) a small usually tarred line of 2 strands | - |
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masculine | (adjective) associated with men and not with women | - |
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(adjective) male (of grammatical gender) | - |
(adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable | - |
(noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male | - |
mescaline | (noun) the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons | Synonyms: peyote |
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methacholine | (noun) parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity | Synonyms: Mecholyl |
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microcrystalline | (adjective) containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope | - |
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midline | (noun) the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | Synonyms: midplane |
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milline | (noun) an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication | - |
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minocycline | (noun) tetracycline antibiotic (trade name Minocin) used to treat a variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections | Synonyms: Minocin |
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monocline | (noun) a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction | - |
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musteline | (noun) fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals | Synonyms: mustelid, musteline mammal |
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myeline | (noun) a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers | Synonyms: medulla, myelin |
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naphazoline | (noun) vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation | Synonyms: Privine, Sudafed |
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neckline | (noun) the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck | - |
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nepheline | (noun) a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels | Synonyms: nephelite |
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noncrystalline | (adjective) not crystalline | - |
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noradrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: norepinephrine |
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nortriptyline | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs | Synonyms: Pamelor |
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oldline | (adjective) long-established | Synonyms: old-line |
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(adjective) adhering to conservative or reactionary principles | Synonyms: old-line |
online | (adjective) connected to a computer network or accessible by computer | Synonyms: on-line |
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(adjective) on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system | Synonyms: on-line |
(adjective) being in progress now | Synonyms: on-line |
opaline | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, pearlescent |
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outline | (noun) a schematic or preliminary plan | Synonyms: schema, scheme |
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(noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, precis, synopsis |
(noun) the line that appears to bound an object | Synonyms: lineation |
(verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: adumbrate, sketch |
(verb) trace the shape of | Synonyms: delineate, limn |
(verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something | Synonyms: draft |
oxytetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections | Synonyms: hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin |
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pentoxifylline | (noun) a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet | Synonyms: Trental |
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pipeline | (noun) a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | Synonyms: line |
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(noun) gossip spread by spoken communication | Synonyms: grapevine, word of mouth |
polycrystalline | (adjective) composed of aggregates of crystals | - |
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praline | (noun) cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans | - |
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proline | (noun) an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen) | - |
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protriptyline | (noun) tricyclic antidepressant used to treat clinical depression | - |
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pyroxyline | (noun) highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers | Synonyms: pyroxylin |
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ratline | (noun) (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft | Synonyms: ratlin |
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realine | (verb) align anew or better | Synonyms: realign |
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recline | (verb) lean in a comfortable resting position | Synonyms: recumb, repose |
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(verb) cause to recline | - |
(verb) move the upper body backwards and down | Synonyms: lean back |
redline | (verb) discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood | - |
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reline | (verb) put new lines on | - |
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(verb) provide with a new lining | - |
ridgeline | (noun) a long narrow range of hills | Synonyms: ridge |
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saline | (adjective) containing salt | - |
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(noun) an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water | Synonyms: saline solution |
saxicoline | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxatile, saxicolous |
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sepaline | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a sepal | Synonyms: sepaloid |
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sertraline | (noun) a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft) | Synonyms: Zoloft |
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setline | (noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: spiller, trawl, trawl line, trotline |
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