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  • 121profile — profiler, n. /proh fuyl/, n., v., profiled, profiling. n. 1. the outline or contour of the human face, esp. the face viewed from one side. 2. a picture or representation of the side view of a head. 3. an outlined view, as of a city or mountain. 4 …

    Universalium

  • 122sutra —    A sutra (line, thread, or string) is a text (on any subject) composed of short, aphoristic verses, usually only of a few words. Most often the sutra form was used to facilitate easy memorization, as knowledge in India was most frequently commu …

    Encyclopedia of Hinduism

  • 123flexlíne — f ( an/ an) flax winder, reel, flax line?, thread? …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 124profile — pro•file [[t]ˈproʊ faɪl[/t]] n. v. filed, fil•ing 1) the outline or contour of the human face viewed from one side 2) a picture or representation of the side view of a head 3) an outlined view, as of a city or mountain 4) an outline of an object …

    From formal English to slang

  • 125loop — loop1 [lo͞op] n. [ME loup < Anglo N forms corresponding to ON hlaup, a leap, hlaupa, to run (akin to LEAP) > Dan løbe(knude), lit., running (knot)] 1. a) the more or less circular figure formed by a line, thread, wire, etc. that curves back …

    English World dictionary

  • 126fine|ness — «FYN nihs», noun. 1. thinness: »the fineness of a line, thread, needle, or wire. 2. sharpness: »the fineness of an edge or point. 3. clearness: »the fineness of the weather. 4. fine quality; perfection: »the fineness of materials …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 127battleship — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 128Fasciolaria distans — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English