Words that rhyme with bowline

• baseline 2
  n 1: an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget" 2: the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line [syn: service line, baseline] 3: the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
• acetylcholine 0
  n 1: a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems
• adrenalin 0
  n 1: a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action [syn: epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin]
• airline 0
  n 1: a hose that carries air under pressure [syn: airline, air hose] 2: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers [syn: airline, airline business, airway]
• align 0
  v 1: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up, adjust] [ant: skew] 2: be or come into adjustment with 3: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: align, array] 4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate, coordinate]
• aniline 0
  n 1: oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines [syn: aniline, aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine]
• beeline 0
  n 1: the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"
• bowling 0
  n 1: a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them 2: (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman 3: the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
• capelin 0
  n 1: very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes [syn: capelin, capelan, caplin]
• crinoline 0
  n 1: a skirt stiffened with hoops [syn: hoopskirt, crinoline] 2: a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric 3: a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
• dateline 0
  n 1: an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian [syn: dateline, date line, International Date Line] 2: a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch v 1: mark with a date and place; "dateline a newspaper article" [syn: dateline, datemark, date-mark]
• deadline 0
  n 1: the point in time at which something must be completed
• decline 0
  n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [syn: decline, diminution] 2: a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state [syn: decline, declination] [ant: improvement, melioration] 3: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: decay, decline] 4: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade] v 1: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn: worsen, decline] [ant: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate] 2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take] 3: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" [syn: refuse, decline] [ant: accept, consent, go for] 4: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn: decline, go down, wane] 5: go down; "The roof declines here" 6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" [syn: decline, slump, correct] 7: inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
• drumlin 0
  n 1: a mound of glacial drift
• feline 0
  adj 1: of or relating to cats; "feline fur" n 1: any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws [syn: feline, felid]
• formalin 0
  n 1: a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens [syn: formalin, formol]
• globulin 0
  n 1: a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed
• gremlin 0
  n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
• guideline 0
  n 1: a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters 2: a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" [syn: road map, guideline] 3: a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior [syn: guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb]
• headline 0
  n 1: the heading or caption of a newspaper article [syn: headline, newspaper headline] v 1: publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline 2: provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
• hemline 0
  n 1: the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat
• hobgoblin 0
  n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings [syn: goblin, hob, hobgoblin] 2: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson [syn: bugbear, hobgoblin]
• hyaline 0
  adj 1: resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid] n 1: a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline, hyalin]
• insulin 0
  n 1: hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
• javelin 0
  n 1: an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible 2: a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
• kaolin 0
  n 1: 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) [syn: china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba]
• lanolin 0
  n 1: a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics [syn: lanolin, wool fat, wool grease] 2: an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep)
• lifeline 0
  n 1: a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live [syn: line of life, life line, lifeline] 2: support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection); "the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"; "she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief" 3: line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver 4: line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning
• mainline 0
  v 1: inject into the vein; "She is mainlining heroin"
• malign 0
  adj 1: evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion" [ant: benign, benignant] 2: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign, evil] v 1: speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere" [syn: badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud]
• mandolin 0
  n 1: a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
• marlin 0
  n 1: large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
• marline 0
  n 1: a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
• masculine 0
  adj 1: of grammatical gender [ant: feminine, neuter] 2: associated with men and not with women [ant: feminine] 3: (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'" n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
• maudlin 0
  adj 1: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy]
• mescaline 0
  n 1: the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons [syn: mescaline, peyote]
• midline 0
  n 1: the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) [syn: midplane, midline]
• myelin 0
  n 1: a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers [syn: myelin, myeline, medulla]
• neckline 0
  n 1: the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck
• outline 0
  n 1: the line that appears to bound an object [syn: outline, lineation] 2: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: outline, synopsis, abstract, precis] 3: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, schema, scheme] v 1: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" [syn: sketch, outline, adumbrate] 2: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" [syn: draft, outline] 3: trace the shape of [syn: delineate, limn, outline]
• oxyacetylene 0
  n 1: a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
• pangolin 0
  n 1: toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites [syn: pangolin, scaly anteater, anteater]
• penicillin 0
  n 1: any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
• pipeline 0
  n 1: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth] 2: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" [syn: pipeline, line]
• ptyalin 0
  n 1: an amylase secreted in saliva
• ratline 0
  n 1: (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft [syn: ratline, ratlin]
• saline 0
  adj 1: containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears" n 1: an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water [syn: saline solution, saline]
• shoreline 0
  n 1: a boundary line between land and water
• sideline 0
  n 1: a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field [syn: sideline, out of bounds] 2: an auxiliary line of merchandise 3: an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity] v 1: remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President"
• skyline 0
  n 1: the outline of objects seen against the sky 2: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet [syn: horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline]
• streamline 0
  v 1: contour economically or efficiently
• tarpaulin 0
  n 1: waterproofed canvas [syn: tarpaulin, tarp]
• tuberculin 0
  n 1: a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
• vanillin 0
  n 1: a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings
• violin 0
  n 1: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow [syn: violin, fiddle]
• waistline 0
  n 1: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn: waist, waistline]
• kremlin 0
  n 1: citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government 2: citadel of a Russian town
• merlin 0
  n 1: (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor 2: small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry [syn: pigeon hawk, merlin, Falco columbarius]
• stalin 0
  n 1: Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) [syn: Stalin, Joseph Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili]
• proline 0
  n 1: an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen)
• redline 0
  v 1: discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
• hamelin 0
  n 1: a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper [syn: Hameln, Hamelin]
• caroline 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England [syn: Caroline, Carolean]
• hipline 0
  n 1: the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part 2: the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment
• digitalin 0
  n 1: a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn: digitalis, digitalis glycoside, digitalin]
• hyalin 0
  n 1: a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline, hyalin]
• pyroxylin 0
  n 1: highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers [syn: pyroxylin, pyroxyline]
• lublin 0
  n 1: an industrial city of eastern Poland
• ampicillin 0
  n 1: semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) [syn: ampicillin, Principen, Polycillin, SK-Ampicillin]
• carline 0
• cipolin 0
• francolin 0
• purlin 0
• madeleine 0
• emlyn 0
• quinoline 0
• moulin 0
• evelyn 0
• jacklin 0
• jacqueline 0
• caitlin 0
• jocelyn 0
• kweilin 0
• gwendolen 0
• byline 0
• karoline 0
• jawline 0
• malin 0
• palin 0
• colin 0
• llewelyn 0
• madeline 0
• rosalyn 0
• sakhalin 0
• bolin 0
• bohlen 0
• bowlin 0
• bohlin 0
• shanklin 0
• rosaniline 0

See also bowline definition and bowline synonyms