rail technology railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
fence lizard | spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico |
western fence lizard swift blue-belly Sceloporus occidentalis | common western lizard, seen on logs or rocks |
eastern fence lizard pine lizard Sceloporus undulatus | small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia |
rail | any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
corncrake land rail Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
chainlink fence | a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern |
fence fencing | a barrier that serves to enclose an area |
fife rail | the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel |
line railway line rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
picket fence paling | a fence made of upright pickets |
picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
plate rail | rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates |
rail | a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) |
rail | short for railway, he traveled by rail, he was concerned with rail safety |
rail fence | a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) |
railing rail | a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports |
safety rail guardrail | a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety |
split rail fence rail | a rail that is split from a log |
sunk fence ha-ha haw-haw | a ditch with one side being a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing the landscape |
third rail | a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive |
towel rail towel bar | a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels |
track rail rails runway | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
worm fence snake fence snakeail fence Virginia fence | rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails |
fence mending | social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics), they moved forward from a period of fence mending to substantive changes in the country |
fence line | a boundary line created by a fence |
fence | a dealer in stolen property |
fence-sitter | a person who won't take sides in a controversy |
rail-splitter splitter | a laborer who splits logs to build splitail fences |
coralwood coral-wood red sandalwood Barbados pride peacock flower fence Adenanthera pavonina | East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental |
argue contend debate fence | have an argument about something |
fulminate rail | criticize severely, He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare, She railed against the bad social policies |
vilify revile vituperate rail | spread negative information about, The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews |
rail inveigh | complain bitterly |
wall palisade fence fence in surround | surround with a wall in order to fortify |
rail | fish with a handline over the rails of a boat, They are railing for fresh fish |
fence | fight with fencing swords |
rail | lay with rails, hundreds of miles were railed out here |
fence fence in | enclose with a fence, we fenced in our yard |
train rail | travel by rail or train, They railed from Rome to Venice, She trained to Hamburg |
rail | convey (goods etc.) by rails, fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium |
rail rail off | separate with a railing, rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace |
fence | receive stolen goods |
rail | provide with rails, The yard was railed |
rail rail in | enclose with rails, rail in the old graves |
on the fence(p) undecided | characterized by indecision, some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan, too many voters still declare they are undecided |