lino-, lin-, line-

(Greek > Latin: line, thread, string, cord, net)

align
alignment
allineate
collimate
1. To make parallel; line up.
2. To adjust the line of sight of (an optical device).
collinear
delineate (verb), delineates; delineated; delineating
1. To clearly describe or to show something in detail: Mrs. Gregory told her students to delineate the main character of the story in a sketch which they believed would show what he looked like.
2. To define or to determine the precise position of something: The two children decided to delineate their shared bedroom, dividing it into two equal halves so that each one had the same amount of space for their things.
To portray or to describe another's features.
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To depict in words or gesters.
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delineation
line
lineage
lineal
lineament
1. The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin.
2. A major topographical feature such as a long fault plane that reveals something about its subsurface.
3. A feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: "His fine lineaments made him the an image of his father."
linear
lineate
linen
lingerie