Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
elaboration
working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
| general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
| working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
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 |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
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 |
general anesthetic
general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb
GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
inhalation anesthetic
inhalation anaesthetic
inhalation general anesthetic
inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
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 |
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 |
working
workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
auricula
auricular appendage
auricular appendix | a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart |
appendix
vermiform appendix
vermiform process
cecal appendage | a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch |
public knowledge
general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
| working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking |
| general | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular), he discussed the general but neglected the particular |
working principle
working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done |
internal medicine
general medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) |
anatomy
general anatomy r | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
general relativity
general theory of relativity
general relativity theory
Einstein's general theory of relativity | a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) |
| appendix | supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book |
| timetable | a schedule of times of arrivals and departures |
| timetable | a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place |
working papers
work papers
work permit | a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries |
| working papers | records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project, the auditor was required to produce his working papers |
| working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
PFLP-GC | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe |
Arminian Baptist
General Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) |
general delivery
poste restante | the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it |
legislature
legislative assembly
legislative body
general assembly
law-makers | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
| States General | assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from th to th centuries |
| Estates General | assembly of the estates of all France, last meeting in |
labor
labour
working class
proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
| General Assembly | the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GATT | a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas |
Shin Bet
General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |