Words that rhyme with pauline

• 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
• acetylene 0
  n 1: a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis [syn: acetylene, ethyne, alkyne]
• 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]
• alkaline 0
  adj 1: relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone" [syn: alkaline, alkalic] [ant: acidic, amphiprotic, amphoteric]
• 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]
• aquamarine 0
  n 1: a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color 2: a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue]
• aquiline 0
  adj 1: curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: aquiline, hooked]
• baleen 0
  n 1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn: whalebone, baleen]
• baseline 0
  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
• bean 0
  n 1: any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food [syn: bean, edible bean] 2: any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans 3: any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods [syn: bean, bean plant] 4: informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome] v 1: hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
• beeline 0
  n 1: the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"
• benzene 0
  n 1: a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: benzene, benzine, benzol]
• between 0
  adv 1: in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between" [syn: between, betwixt] 2: in between; "two houses with a tree between" [syn: between, 'tween]
• bloodline 0
  n 1: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock] 2: ancestry of a purebred animal [syn: pedigree, bloodline]
• borderline 0
  adj 1: of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability" [syn: borderline, marginal] n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
• breadline 0
  n 1: a queue of people waiting for free food [syn: breadline, bread line]
• caffeine 0
  n 1: a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects [syn: caffeine, caffein]
• canteen 0
  n 1: a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers 2: sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. 3: a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen [syn: canteen, mobile canteen] 4: a recreation room in an institution 5: restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat
• careen 0
  n 1: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen, sway, tilt] v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen] 2: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" [syn: careen, wobble, shift, tilt]
• casein 0
  n 1: a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives 2: a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk [syn: casein paint, casein]
• clean 0
  adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum] 2: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: fairly, fair, clean] [ant: below the belt, unfairly] adj 1: free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" [ant: dirty, soiled, unclean] 2: free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner" [syn: clean, clear] 3: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" [syn: clean, clear, light, unclouded] 4: free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air" [syn: clean, fresh] 5: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license" 6: ritually clean or pure [ant: impure, unclean] 7: not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean" [syn: clean, uncontaminating] [ant: contaminating, dirty] 8: (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke" [syn: clean, unobjectionable] [ant: dirty] 9: free from sepsis or infection; "a clean (or uninfected) wound" [syn: uninfected, clean] 10: morally pure; "led a clean life" [syn: clean, clean- living] 11: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" [syn: clean, fair] 12: (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank, clean, white] 13: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike] 14: without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight" 15: thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break" 16: not carrying concealed weapons 17: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" [syn: clean, neat] 18: free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years" n 1: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead [syn: clean and jerk, clean] v 1: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" [syn: clean, make clean] [ant: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil] 2: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" [syn: clean, pick] 3: clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week" [syn: houseclean, clean house, clean] 4: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" [syn: cleanse, clean] 5: be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily" 6: deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely" 7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: clean, strip] 8: remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug" 9: remove unwanted substances from [syn: scavenge, clean] 10: remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"
• coastline 0
  n 1: the outline of a coast
• convene 0
  v 1: meet formally; "The council convened last week" 2: call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke, convene]
• crystalline 0
  adj 1: consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline" [ant: noncrystalline] 2: distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan 3: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent]
• cuisine 0
  n 1: the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared [syn: cuisine, culinary art]
• 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
• dean 0
  n 1: an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college 2: United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) [syn: Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean] 3: a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen] 4: (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
• 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"
• demean 0
  v 1: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" [syn: take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down]
• disincline 0
  v 1: make unwilling [syn: indispose, disincline] [ant: dispose, incline]
• eighteen 0
  adj 1: being one more than seventeen [syn: eighteen, 18, xviii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one [syn: eighteen, 18, XVIII]
• ethylene 0
  n 1: a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic [syn: ethylene, ethene]
• 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]
• fifteen 0
  adj 1: being one more than fourteen [syn: fifteen, 15, xv] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one [syn: fifteen, 15, XV]
• figurine 0
  n 1: a small carved or molded figure [syn: figurine, statuette]
• fourteen 0
  adj 1: being one more than thirteen [syn: fourteen, 14, xiv] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one [syn: fourteen, 14, XIV]
• gasoline 0
  n 1: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol]
• gelatine 0
  n 1: a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin [syn: gelatin, gelatine]
• gene 0
  n 1: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" [syn: gene, cistron, factor]
• glean 0
  v 1: gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" [syn: reap, harvest, glean]
• green 0
  adj 1: of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: green, greenish, light-green, dark-green] 2: concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party 3: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripe, unripened, immature] [ant: mature, ripe] 4: looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills" 5: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" [syn: fleeceable, green, gullible] n 1: green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass [syn: green, greenness, viridity] 2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons, common, green] 3: United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952) [syn: Green, William Green] 4: an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party 5: a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River [syn: Green, Green River] 6: an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker" [syn: green, putting green, putting surface] 7: any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables [syn: greens, green, leafy vegetable] 8: street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C] v 1: turn or become green; "The trees are greening"
• 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]
• hairline 0
  n 1: a very thin line 2: the natural margin formed by hair on the head
• 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
• 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]
• incline 0
  n 1: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" [syn: slope, incline, side] 2: an inclined surface connecting two levels [syn: ramp, incline] v 1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run] 2: bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man" 3: lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; "She inclined her head to the student" 4: be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: slope, incline, pitch] 5: feel favorably disposed or willing; "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs" 6: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" [syn: dispose, incline] [ant: disincline, indispose]
• intervene 0
  v 1: get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: intervene, step in, interfere, interpose] 2: be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened" 3: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
• jean 0
  n 1: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear [syn: jean, blue jean, denim] 2: a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric [syn: denim, dungaree, jean]
• keen 0
  adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp] 2: intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" [syn: exquisite, keen] 3: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] 4: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating] 5: having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade" n 1: a funeral lament sung with loud wailing v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament, keen]
• latrine 0
  n 1: a public toilet in a military area
• lean 0
  adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn: thin, lean] [ant: fat] 2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich] 3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" [syn: lean, skimpy] 4: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year" n 1: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning] v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle] 2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall" 3: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run] 4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" 5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree" [syn: list, lean]
• lien 0
  n 1: the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged 2: a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses [syn: spleen, lien]
• 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
• machine 0
  n 1: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks 2: an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine" 3: an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine" 4: a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point [syn: machine, simple machine] 5: a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" [syn: machine, political machine] 6: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar] v 1: turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery 2: make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"
• 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]
• marine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the sea; "marine explorations" 2: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance" [syn: nautical, maritime, marine] 3: of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps); "marine barracks" 4: relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea 5: native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales" n 1: a member of the United States Marine Corps [syn: Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier] 2: a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
• mean 0
  adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)] 2: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" [syn: hateful, mean] 3: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited] 4: excellent; "famous for a mean backhand" 5: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly, mean] 6: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight] 7: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt [syn: beggarly, mean] 8: of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic" [syn: bastardly, mean] n 1: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n [syn: mean, mean value] v 1: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean, intend] 2: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply, mean] 3: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" [syn: mean, intend, signify, stand for] 4: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" [syn: intend, mean, think] 5: have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything" 6: intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" [syn: think of, have in mind, mean] 7: destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"
• mescaline 0
  n 1: the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons [syn: mescaline, peyote]
• methylene 0
  n 1: the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane [syn: methylene group, methylene radical, methylene]
• microcrystalline 0
  adj 1: containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope
• midline 0
  n 1: the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) [syn: midplane, midline]
• mien 0
  n 1: dignified manner or conduct [syn: bearing, comportment, presence, mien]
• misalign 0
  v 1: align imperfectly or badly; "the elements of the turbine were misaligned"
• monocline 0
  n 1: a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
• naphthalene 0
  n 1: a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs
• neckline 0
  n 1: the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck
• nineteen 0
  adj 1: being one more than eighteen [syn: nineteen, 19, xix] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one [syn: nineteen, 19, XIX]
• obscene 0
  adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead 2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive] 3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious]
• 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
• 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]
• polycrystalline 0
  adj 1: composed of aggregates of crystals; "polycrystalline metals"
• polyethylene 0
  n 1: a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation [syn: polyethylene, polythene]
• polypropylene 0
  n 1: a polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material [syn: polypropylene, polypropene]
• praline 0
  n 1: cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
• preen 0
  v 1: clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" [syn: preen, plume] 2: pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement [syn: preen, congratulate] 3: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]
• preteen 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12; "a preteen party"; "preteen clothing" [syn: preteen, preadolescent] n 1: a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age); "little league is intended for the preteens" [syn: preteen, preteenager]
• propylene 0
  n 1: a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis [syn: propylene, propene]
• queen 0
  n 1: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs 2: a female sovereign ruler [syn: queen, queen regnant, female monarch] [ant: Rex, king, male monarch] 3: the wife or widow of a king 4: something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners" 5: a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king, queen, world-beater] 6: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf] 7: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen 8: (chess) the most powerful piece 9: an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males [syn: queen, queen mole rat] 10: female cat [syn: tabby, queen] v 1: promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess 2: become a queen; "her pawn queened"
• ravine 0
  n 1: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
• realign 0
  v 1: align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident" [syn: realign, realine]
• recline 0
  v 1: move the upper body backwards and down [syn: lean back, recline] 2: cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow" 3: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" [syn: recumb, repose, recline]
• reconvene 0
  v 1: meet again; "The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall"
• reline 0
  v 1: provide with a new lining; "the old fur coat must be relined" 2: put new lines on; "reline the paper"
• routine 0
  adj 1: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday] n 1: an unvarying or habitual method or procedure [syn: routine, modus operandi] 2: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]
• 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]
• sardine 0
  n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: sardine, pilchard] 2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned 3: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: sard, sardine, sardius] 4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [syn: pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus]
• scalene 0
  adj 1: of a triangle having three sides of different lengths 2: of or relating to any of the scalene muscles
• scene 0
  n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime" 2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene" 3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama] 4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene, shot] 5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene] 6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes" 7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption] 8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view] 9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene] 10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]
• screen 0
  n 1: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing [syn: screen, silver screen, projection screen] 2: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: blind, screen] 3: the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube [syn: screen, CRT screen] 4: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment] 5: a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers" 6: the personnel of the film industry; "a star of stage and screen" [syn: filmdom, screenland, screen] 7: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: sieve, screen] 8: a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left" [syn: screen door, screen] 9: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space v 1: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: screen, test] 2: examine methodically; "screen the suitcases" 3: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort] 4: project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film" 5: prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" [syn: screen, block out] 6: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle, screen] 7: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield, screen]
• serene 0
  adj 1: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil] 2: completely clear and fine; "serene skies and a bright blue sea"
• seventeen 0
  adj 1: being one more than sixteen [syn: seventeen, 17, xvii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one [syn: seventeen, 17, XVII]
• sheen 0
  n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre]
• shoreline 0
  n 1: a boundary line between land and water
• sibylline 0
  adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" [syn: divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical] 2: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [syn: cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline]
• 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"

See also pauline definition