Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
apple maggot railroad worm Rhagoletis pomonella | larvae bore into and feed on apples |
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 |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
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 |
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 |
property prop | any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie, before every scene he ran down his checklist of props |
railroad bed | a bed on which railroad track is laid |
railroad flat | an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railroad tunnel | a tunnel through which the railroad track runs |
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 |
siding railroad siding turnout sidetrack | a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass |
tie railroad tie crosstie sleeper | one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track, the British call a railroad tie a sleeper |
train railroad train | public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive, express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class, a study of the physical properties of atomic particles |
tactile property feel | a property perceived by touch |
visual property | an attribute of vision |
color property | an attribute of color |
olfactory property smell aroma odor odour scent | any property detected by the olfactory system |
sound property | an attribute of sound |
taste property | a property appreciated via the sense of taste |
bodily property | an attribute of the body |
physiological property | a property having to do with the functioning of the body |
physical property | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
chemical property | a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity |
temporal property | a property relating to time |
spatial property spatiality | any property relating to or occupying space |
property attribute dimension | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished, selfonfidence is not an endearing property |
railroad ticket train ticket | a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train |
property settlement | (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage |
place property | any area set aside for a particular purpose, who owns this place?, the president was concerned about the property across from the White House |
property line | the boundary line between two pieces of property |
engineer locomotive engineer railroad engineer engine driver | the operator of a railway locomotive |
landowner landholder property owner | a holder or proprietor of land |
property man propman property master | member of the stage crew in charge of properties |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
railroad vine beach morning glory Ipomoea pesaprae | a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas |
property right | the legal right of ownership |
property belongings holding | something owned, any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone, that hat is my property, he is a man of property, |
intellectual property | intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights) |
community property | property and income belonging jointly to a married couple |
personal property personal estate personalty private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
real property real estate realty immovable | property consisting of houses and land |