Search results for 'Lin':

line listing (noun) : Record of new cases in an outbreak

Submitted by: RAY from Uganda on Sep. 05, 2007 09:49

line of deburnacation (noun) : A line of flame retardant that separates the burned area of a hillside and the green, vegetative unburned side

From my yard I can see the line of deburnacation created on the hillside during the last fire. I created this term.

Submitted by: Amy from California on Dec. 12, 2007 00:50

Linearizationologist

(noun) : A person who specializes in the linearization porcess of any appliance, machine or production process that must be calibrated and fingerprinted to operate properly.

The linearizationologist made the perfect porfiles for my inkjet printer.

Submitted by: Stony from California on Jan. 21, 2006 08:57

linguicism (noun) : prejudice based on language

The linguicism of the United States of the last hundred years has had more to do with political attitudes toward the socioeconomic status of the speakers than with languages or language learning. —Linguicism is defined by Skutnabb-Kangas (2000), cited by Bertha Perez, "Becoming Biliterate"

Submitted by: Judy from Texas on Sep. 08, 2008 21:53

linguoid (adjective) : shaped like a tongue

It increased the number of linguoid dunes in the sand channel but not in the gravel channel. —Schumm, A.S., Dumont, J.F., Holbrook, J.M., Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers (page 49), 2002

Submitted by: Tzvetan Dilov from Bulgaria on Aug. 07, 2008 09:29

lingweenie (noun) : a person incapable of producing neologisms

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jul. 19, 2005 15:05

linimentation (noun) : The act of applying a usually foul-smelling substance to joints or muscles to alleviate pain or soreness from overexertion.

I needed linimentation today after my workout.

Submitted by: bviejo from Texas on Apr. 18, 2007 17:40

linkability (noun) : the attractiveness of a Web site's overall quality of content as a measure of potential Internet links made

The Library of Congress web site has a high degree of linkability.

Submitted by: Eric Ward from Tennessee on Nov. 04, 2007 21:44

linkism (noun) : the belief that hard work and desire will lead to success

Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 11, 2005 11:48

Linner

(noun) : Lunch and dinner combined into one.

Since the couple wasn't that hungry for lunch and dinner seperately, they ate linner instead.

Submitted by: katelyn getz on Mar. 30, 2008 19:20

(other) : after breakfast and before lunch.

I am going to go eat my linner now.

Submitted by: Olivia from Michigan on Mar. 12, 2008 18:46

(noun) : The combination of lunch and dinner

It is 6:00 and i have not had lunch yet instead i will just eat some Linner. —Derthalie Joseph, October 28, 2007

Submitted by: Da Finest from Florida on Oct. 28, 2007 17:51

(noun) : A substitute for the typical meals of Lunch and Dinner, held between 2-5 PM. Linner is a full meal, usually including a soup or salad, sandwiches or a heavier menu with a meat or savory dish with dessert. It is favored among those aiming to beat the Dinner rush, as well as travelers with tight schedules and the theatre crowd.

"My sister's in town, so I'm taking her out to Linner before the early movie."

Submitted by: Meredythe Goethe from Connecticut on Sep. 13, 2007 20:23

(noun) : A Combination of the words lunch and dinner: too late to be lunch, too early to be dinner meal.

Mikka and I are going to have linner at 4:30

Submitted by: Christina A. King from Tennessee on Jul. 11, 2007 14:04

(noun) : A time to eat between normal lunch and dinner hours. Like a late lunch or an early dinner. A combination of the words lunch and dinner.

It's 3:00, we need to go get linner.

Submitted by: Rose from Virginia on May. 11, 2007 15:49

(noun) : A meal the comes between 2:30 and 5:00 that is a mix of lunch and dinner

We should hold a linner before we go to the 6:30PM party.

Submitted by: Squirrel from Israel on Jan. 11, 2007 18:05

(noun) : lunch + dinner, a meal usually eaten late in the afternoon or early evening when one misses lunch.

We will be eating linner today since we did not have time to eat lunch.

Submitted by: Roberta from Maryland on Jan. 08, 2007 18:13

(noun) : a meal that occurs between traditional lunch and dinner times

Let's have linner at 4:00 this afternoon.

Submitted by: Karen from California on Nov. 21, 2006 18:15

(noun) : midday or early evening meal similar to brunch

Please join me for linner.

Submitted by: Kia from Florida on Sep. 03, 2006 14:57

(noun) : 1) An early dinner eaten ar around three or four o'clock or 2) A mixture of lunch and dinner or 3) A light dinner or heavy lunch

Because of the linner we ate at 3:45, all of us were starving by the evening.

Submitted by: Twirl-o on May. 29, 2006 18:37

(noun) : the meal after lunch and before dinner

Submitted by: Nina from United Kingdom on May. 18, 2006 11:54

(noun) : A meal eaten between the standard hours of lunch and dinner, this called linner

Submitted by: Sarah Peters from Virginia on Apr. 06, 2006 18:39

(noun) : A meal that replaces lunch and dinner and is in between the two times.

Submitted by: Jonah Crandall from New Hampshire on Jan. 24, 2006 16:15

(noun) : A meal replacing lunch and dinner. Usually eaten between 2:00pm and 5:00pm

We our going out for linner.

Submitted by: whynotcs from Washington on Jan. 24, 2006 14:25

(noun) : A lunch so late that it combines with dinner eliminating the need for the subsequent meal

The meeting ran so late that we missed lunch and we were so tired that we just had linner and went home.

Submitted by: Tom Sipe from Pennsylvania on Jan. 21, 2006 08:03

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