| linac | (noun) ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path | Synonyms: linear accelerator |
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| linage | (noun) a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted | Synonyms: lineage |
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| (noun) the number of lines in a piece of printed material | Synonyms: lineage |
| linalool | (noun) a colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils | - |
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| linchpin | (noun) pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on | Synonyms: lynchpin |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, lynchpin, mainstay |
| lincomycin | (noun) antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections | Synonyms: Lincocin |
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| lindane | (noun) a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide | - |
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| linden | (noun) any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber | Synonyms: basswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree |
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| (noun) soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork | Synonyms: basswood |
| lindy | (noun) an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh) | Synonyms: lindy hop |
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| 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 |
| lineage | (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: ancestry, derivation, filiation |
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| (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
| (noun) a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted | Synonyms: linage |
| (noun) the number of lines in a piece of printed material | Synonyms: linage |
| (noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | Synonyms: descent, filiation, line of descent |
| lineal | (adjective) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | Synonyms: direct |
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| (adjective) arranged in a line | - |
| lineally | (adverb) by an unbroken line of descent | - |
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| lineament | (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: feature |
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| (noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: character, quality |
| linear | (adjective) of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension | Synonyms: one-dimensional |
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| (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | Synonyms: additive |
| (adjective) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | Synonyms: analog, analogue |
| (adjective) measured lengthwise | Synonyms: running |
| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow | Synonyms: elongate |
| linearise | (verb) make linear or get into a linear form | Synonyms: linearize |
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| linearity | (noun) the property of having one dimension | Synonyms: one-dimensionality |
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| linearize | (verb) make linear or get into a linear form | Synonyms: linearise |
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| linearly | (adverb) in a linear manner | - |
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| lineation | (noun) the act of marking or outlining with lines | - |
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| (noun) the line that appears to bound an object | Synonyms: outline |
| linebacker | (noun) (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage | Synonyms: line backer |
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| (noun) a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen | Synonyms: line backer |
| linecut | (noun) engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved | Synonyms: line block, line engraving |
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| (noun) a print obtained from a line drawing | Synonyms: line engraving |
| lined | (adjective) having a lining or a liner; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) bordered by a line of things | - |
| (adjective) (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams | Synonyms: seamed |
| linelike | (adjective) resembling a line | - |
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| lineman | (noun) (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage | - |
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| (noun) one of the players on the line of scrimmage | - |
| (noun) a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | Synonyms: electrician, linesman |
| (noun) the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole | - |
| linemen | (noun) the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage | - |
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| linen | (noun) white goods or clothing made with linen cloth | - |
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| (noun) a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant | - |
| (noun) a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish | Synonyms: linen paper |
| linendraper | (noun) a retail dealer in yard goods | - |
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| liner | (noun) (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter | Synonyms: line drive |
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| (noun) a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) | Synonyms: ocean liner |
| (noun) a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment | Synonyms: lining |
| (noun) a protective covering that protects an inside surface | Synonyms: lining |
| linesman | (noun) a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | Synonyms: electrician, lineman |
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| (noun) official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) | - |
| lineup | (noun) (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat | Synonyms: batting order, card |
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| (noun) the schedule of programs for a particular period | - |
| (noun) a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification | Synonyms: identity parade, police lineup |
| ling | (noun) elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried | Synonyms: Molva molva |
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| (noun) American hakes | - |
| (noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: burbot, cusk, eelpout, Lota lota |
| (noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: broom, Calluna vulgaris, heather, Scots heather |
| (noun) water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs | Synonyms: ling ko, Trapa bicornis |
| lingam | (noun) the Hindu phallic symbol of Siva | - |
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| lingberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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| lingcod | (noun) food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings | Synonyms: Ophiodon elongatus |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States | - |
| lingenberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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| linger | (verb) take one's time; proceed slowly | Synonyms: dawdle |
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| (verb) leave slowly and hesitantly | Synonyms: tarry |
| (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
| (verb) to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time | Synonyms: hover |
| (verb) remain present although waning or gradually dying | - |
| lingerer | (noun) someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place | Synonyms: loiterer |
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| lingerie | (noun) women's underwear and nightclothes | Synonyms: intimate apparel |
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| lingering | (noun) the act of tarrying | Synonyms: tarriance |
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| lingeringly | (adverb) in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way | Synonyms: protractedly |
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| lingo | (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, patois, slang, vernacular |
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| lingonberry | (noun) tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller | Synonyms: cowberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry |
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| (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| lingua | (noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | Synonyms: clapper, glossa, tongue |
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| lingual | (adjective) consisting of or related to language | Synonyms: linguistic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue | - |
| (noun) a consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs | - |
| lingually | (adverb) with respect to language | Synonyms: linguistically |
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| linguica | (noun) a highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions | - |
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| linguine | (noun) pasta in long slender flat strips | Synonyms: linguini |
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| linguini | (noun) pasta in long slender flat strips | Synonyms: linguine |
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| linguist | (noun) a person who speaks more than one language | Synonyms: polyglot |
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| (noun) a specialist in linguistics | Synonyms: linguistic scientist |
| linguistic | (adjective) consisting of or related to language | Synonyms: lingual |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the scientific study of language | - |
| linguistically | (adverb) with respect to language | Synonyms: lingually |
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| (adverb) with respect to the science of linguistics | - |
| linguistics | (noun) the scientific study of language | - |
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| (noun) the humanistic study of language and literature | Synonyms: philology |
| lingulate | (adjective) shaped like a tongue | Synonyms: tongue-shaped |
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| liniment | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: embrocation |
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| linin | (noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended | - |
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| lining | (noun) the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.) | - |
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| (noun) providing something with a surface of a different material | Synonyms: facing |
| (noun) a protective covering that protects an inside surface | Synonyms: liner |
| (noun) a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment | Synonyms: liner |
| link | (noun) a fastener that serves to join or connect | Synonyms: linkup, tie-in, tie |
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| (noun) a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network | Synonyms: radio link |
| (noun) an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data | Synonyms: data link |
| (noun) a channel for communication between groups | Synonyms: contact, inter-group communication, liaison |
| (noun) (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list | - |
| (noun) a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain | - |
| (noun) the means of connection between things linked in series | Synonyms: nexus |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, connexion |
| (noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
| (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, colligate, connect, link up, relate, tie in |
| (verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces | Synonyms: connect, link up, tie |
| (verb) link with or as with a yoke | Synonyms: yoke |
| (verb) be or become joined or united or linked | Synonyms: connect, join, link up, unite |
| linkage | (noun) the act of linking things together | - |
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| (noun) a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion | - |
| (noun) (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) | Synonyms: gene linkage |
| (noun) an associative relation | - |
| linkboy | (noun) (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets | Synonyms: linkman |
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| linked | (adjective) connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks | Synonyms: coupled, joined |
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| linkman | (noun) (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets | Synonyms: linkboy |
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| links | (noun) a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore | Synonyms: golf links |
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| linksman | (noun) someone who plays the game of golf | Synonyms: golf player, golfer |
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| linkup | (noun) a fastener that serves to join or connect | Synonyms: link, tie-in, tie |
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| linnet | (noun) small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead | Synonyms: Carduelis cannabina, lintwhite |
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| (noun) small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Carpodacus mexicanus, house finch |
| lino | (noun) a floor covering | Synonyms: linoleum |
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| linocut | (noun) a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum | - |
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| (noun) a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum | - |
| linoleum | (noun) a floor covering | Synonyms: lino |
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| linseed | (noun) the seed of flax used as a source of oil | Synonyms: flaxseed |
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| linstock | (noun) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons | - |
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| lint | (noun) cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds | - |
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| (noun) fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers | - |
| lintel | (noun) horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window | Synonyms: header |
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| lintwhite | (noun) small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead | Synonyms: Carduelis cannabina, linnet |
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| linuron | (noun) a herbicide that kills weeds without harming vegetables | - |
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