Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
open frame
break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
| frame | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
frame-up
setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge |
bogy
bogie
bogey | an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
| climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
| cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
frame
framing | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror, the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention, the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held |
| frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
| frame | a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
| frame buffer | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
| picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
railroad track
railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway
railroad
railroad line
railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
| railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
| scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
skeleton
skeletal frame
frame underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape, the building has a steel skeleton |
| spinning frame | spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn |
tambour embroidery frame
embroidery hoop | a frame made of two hoops, used for embroidering |
walker Zimmer
Zimmer frame | a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles, helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk |
| window frame | the framework that supports a window |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
skeletal system
skeleton
frame
systema skeletale | the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal |
| frame of reference frame | a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning |
coordinate system
frame of reference
reference system
reference frame | a system that uses coordinates to establish position |
inertial reference frame
inertial frame | a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid |
| frame | an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently |
| frame | a single drawing in a comic strip |
bogey
bogy
bogie | an evil spirit |
trainman
railroader
railroad man
railwayman
railway man | an employee of a railroad |
| state of mind frame of mind | a temporary psychological state |
| time frame | a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur, an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame |
inning
frame | (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat |
frame
compose
draw up | make up plans or basic details for, frame a policy |
frame
redact
cast
put
couch | formulate in a particular style or language, I wouldn't put it that way, She cast her request in very polite language |
frame
frame in
border | enclose in or as if in a frame, frame a picture |
frame
frame up | construct by fitting or uniting parts together |
ensnare
entrap
frame
set up | take or catch as if in a snare or trap, I was set up!, The innocent man was framed by the police |
| frame | enclose in a frame, as of a picture |