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Bifid :: Bifid (a.) Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins..

Linearly :: Linearly (adv.) In a linear manner; with lines.

Linear :: Linear (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

Leek :: Leek (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..

Spatulate :: Spatulate (a.) Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line..

Interlinear :: Interlinear (a.) Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc..

Linearensate :: Linearensate (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow..

Rectilineous :: Rectilineous (a.) Rectilinear.

Subulicornes :: Subulated (a.) Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear..

Tongue-shaped :: Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf..

Curvature :: Curvature (n.) The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve..

Bilinear :: Bilinear (a.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coordinates..

Oval :: Oval (a.) Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical..

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis..

Squinch :: Squinancy (n.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.

Scale :: Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile..

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