Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
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 |
collector | the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes |
collector's item showpiece piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
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 |
pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
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 |
solar dish solar collector solar furnace | a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun, can produce high temperatures |
spark arrester sparker | a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack |
spark arrester | electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed |
spark chamber spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
spark coil | an induction coil used to create sparks |
spark gap | the gap between two high-potential terminals |
spark gap | a component of an ignition system, consists of two shaped electrodes and the space between them |
spark lever | (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition |
spark plug sparking plug plug | electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internalombustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark |
spark transmitter | an early radio transmitter using a discharge across a spark gap as the source of its power |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
sparkle twinkle spark light | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance, he had a sparkle in his eye, there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes |
spark advance lead | the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internalombustion engine |
flicker spark glint | a momentary flash of light |
collector | a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth |
spark | a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction |
collector gatherer accumulator | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
collector aggregator | a person who collects things |
garbage man garbageman garbage collector garbage carter garbage hauler refuse collector dustman | someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse |
lepidopterist lepidopterologist butterfly collector | an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths |
numismatist numismatologist coin collector | a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) |
philatelist stamp collector | a collector and student of postage stamps |
rent collector | a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner |
tax collector taxman exciseman collector of internal revenue internal revenue agent | someone who collects taxes for the government |
ticket collector ticket taker | someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets |
tollkeeper tollman tollgatherer toll collector toll taker toll agent toller | someone employed to collect tolls |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
Spark Muriel Spark Dame Muriel Spark Muriel Sarah Spark | Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in ) |
discharge spark arc electric arc electric discharge | electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field |
spark | a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger, a spark of interest, a spark of decency |
trip actuate trigger activate set off spark off spark trigger off touch off | put in motion or move to act, trigger a reaction, actuate the circuits |
spark sparkle | emit or produce sparks, A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark |