Asphalt
(n.) Alt. of Asphaltum |
Asphalt
(v. t.) To cover with asphalt |
Chaired
(imp. & p. pr.) of Chair |
Concrete
(a.) United in growth |
Concrete
(a.) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object |
Concrete
(a.) Applied to a specific object |
Concrete
(n.) A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. |
Concrete
(n.) A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures. |
Concrete
(n.) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists |
Concrete
(n.) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass. |
Concrete
(v. i.) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body. |
Concrete
(v. t.) To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles. |
Concrete
(v. t.) To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement. |
Frame
(v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure |
Frame
(v. t.) To originate |
Frame
(v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end |
Frame
(v. t.) To cause |
Frame
(v. t.) To support. |
Frame
(v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture. |
Frame
(v. i.) To shape |
Frame
(v. i.) To proceed |
Frame
(n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together |
Frame
(n.) The bodily structure |
Frame
(n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc. |
Frame
(n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. |
Frame
(n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. |
Frame
(n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. |
Frame
(n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. |
Frame
(n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. |
Frame
(n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. |
Frame
(n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework |
Frame
(n.) Form |
Frame
(n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind |
Frame
(n.) Contrivance |
Permanent
(a.) Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character |
Railroad
(n.) Alt. of Railway |
Railway
(n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. |
Railway
(n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property |
Rigid
(a.) Firm |
Rigid
(a.) Hence, not lax or indulgent |
Slab
(n.) A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. |
Slab
(n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc. |
Slab
(n.) The wryneck. |
Slab
(n.) The slack part of a sail. |
Slab
(a.) Thick |
Slab
(n.) That which is slimy or viscous |
Slab-sided
(a.) Having flat sides |
Superstructure
(n.) Any material structure or edifice built on something else |
Superstructure
(n.) all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. |
Superstructure
(n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
open frame
break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
| 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 |
| frame | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
frame-up
setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge |
apple maggot
railroad worm
Rhagoletis pomonella | larvae bore into and feed on apples |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
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 |
| cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders |
| climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
| cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
concrete mixer
cement mixer | a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete |
| dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved |
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 |
frame
framing | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror, the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention, the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held |
| frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
| frame | a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
| frame buffer | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel |
| half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
| half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
| laugh track | prerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television show |
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 |
| n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
permanent magnet
static magnet | a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field |
permanent press
durable press | a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape |
| picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
| p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
racetrack
racecourse
raceway track | a course over which races are run |
| 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 |
skeleton
skeletal frame
frame underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape, the building has a steel skeleton |
| slab | block consisting of a thick piece of something |
| spinning frame | spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn |
| superstructure | structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck |
tambour embroidery frame
embroidery hoop | a frame made of two hoops, used for embroidering |