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BLUE LINE

Specialty Definition: BLUE LINE

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Census

A boundary that defined the extent of the area covered by the block canvassing operation, and later was included in the mailout/mailback and urban update/leave enumerations. Most mailing addresses inside the blue line use a house number and street name. (references)

Medicine

Bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BLUE LINE

Specialty definitions using "BLUE LINE": block canvassing. (references)

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Modern Usage: BLUE LINE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Thin Blue Line (1958)

Blue Line (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BLUE LINE

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Blue Line Incision and Refractive Phacoe Mulsi Fication (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BLUE LINE

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Lebanon

UNIFIL has recorded numerous violations of the Blue Line by both sides since Israeli withdrawal. (references)

Israel

These remaining forces were completely withdrawn in May 2000 behind a UN-brokered delineation of the Israel-Lebanon border (the Blue Line). (references)

Israel

Hizballah forces in Southern Lebanon continued to attack Israeli positions south of the Blue Line in the Sheba Farms/Har Dov area of the Golan Heights. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BLUE LINE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

blue line

332

blue line product

5

thin blue line

94

blue line ottawa taxi

4

blue line metro

26

blue line plugins

4

angeles blue line los

11

blue line ultra

4

airline blue line

11

blue line paper

4

blue line bible

10

blue line tour

4

blue line star

10

blue line identifier

4

blue line police

9

blue line solent

4

blue line magazine

8

attack blue line massive

4

blue line sports

7

blue line metrolink

3

blue line production

7

blue line hockey

3

blue line train

7

blue line technology

3

blue line medic

7

blue line tattoo

3

blue line taxi

6

thin blue line movie

3

blue line pro

6

blue line pump

3

beach blue line long

6

blue line sticker thin

3

blue line pasadena

5

blue line transportation

3

blue line mta

5

blue line machine

3

blue line michigan thin

5

blue line mbta

2

anchor blue line

5

blue line sticker

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BLUE LINE

Language Translations for "BLUE LINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Burton's linie (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), blysøm (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line), blyrand (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

loodzoom (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line), loodlijn (aft, blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, forward, lead line, midship perpendiculars), lijn van Burton (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), halo saturninus (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line). (various references)

   

French

  

liséré saturnin (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4)), liséré de Burton (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4)). (various references)

   

German

  

Burton Linie (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), Bleisaum (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυανή γραμμή των ούλων (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line). (various references)

   

Italian

  

orletto gengivale saturnino (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), orletto gengivale di Burton (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), orletto di Burton (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ueblay inelay

   

Portuguese

  

linha de Burton (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), linha azul (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

línea de Burton (blue gum, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BLUE LINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: blueline.

Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-l-n-u"

-2 letters: nebule, nellie, nubile.

-3 letters: belie, belle, leben, libel.

-4 letters: been, bell, bene, bile, bill, bine, blin, blue, bull, lien, lieu, line, lube, lune, nill, null, unbe.

-5 letters: bee, bel, ben, bin, bun, eel, ell, ill, lee, lei, leu, lib, lie, lin, neb, nee, nib, nil, nub.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-l-n-u"
 

+1 letter: bluelines, ebullient.

 

+2 letters: bulletined, ebullience, ebulliency, ineludible, unreliable.

 

+3 letters: ebulliences, ebulliently, ineluctable, unalienable.

 

+4 letters: becudgelling, ebulliencies, invulnerable, lubberliness, unbelievable, unbelievably, underbellies, unlistenable, unrealizable.

 

+5 letters: bullishnesses, influenceable, insolubleness, plausibleness, unbelievingly, unbelligerent, uncollectible, undeliverable, unembellished, unexplainable, unreclaimable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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