A missionary who seeks to study a people's language in order to facilitate religious conversion.

(US, chiefly New York City) On a queue; waiting one's turn for something.

Alternative spelling of hardline

(soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team. / (field hockey) The line running across the goal to the corners of the playing field.

a line in an artwork that is not physically there but suggested by points in the artwork

A mathematical model of a system based on the use of a linear operator.

Misspelling of deadline.

(authorship) A line of abbreviated text at the beginning of each scene in a screenplay that describes the location and time of day

plural of hot line

(historical) An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light. / (rugby) A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.