| record track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments, the lawyer has a good record, the track record shows that he will be a good president |
Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack, the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is minutes seconds held by Secretariat since |
assumption
laying claim | the act of taking possession of or power over something, his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba, the Nazi assumption of power in , he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts |
| laying on | the act of contacting something with your hand, peonies can be blighted by the laying on of a finger |
| laying on of hands | laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination |
| fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
laying waste
ruin
ruining
ruination
wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
| track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
track
running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
| laying on of hands | the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body |
monotreme
egg-laying mammal | the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
adding machine
totalizer
totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine
Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
| answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic rifle
automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
| bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun
Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
burp gun
machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
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 |
calculator
calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car
auto
automobile
machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cash machine
cash dispenser
automated teller machine
automatic teller machine
automated teller
automatic teller
ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
| cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
dialyzer
dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
| diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
| dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved |
dishwasher
dish washer
dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
electrostatic generator
electrostatic machine
Wimshurst machine
Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
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 |
facsimile
facsimile machine
fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
| farm machine | a machine used in farming |
| franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
| fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
| half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
| half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
| heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
hovercraft
ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
| ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
| knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
| laugh track | prerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television show |
| light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
Linotype
Linotype machine | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal |
lithograph
lithograph machine | duplicator that prints by lithography, a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern |