Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
attachment adherence adhesion | faithful support for a cause or political party or religion, attachment to a formal agenda, adherence to a fat-free diet, the adhesion of Seville was decisive |
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 |
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 |
adhesiveness adhesion adherence bond | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition, the mutual adhesiveness of cells, a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion |
adhesion | a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures |
railroad ticket train ticket | a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train |
adhesion contract contract of adhesion | a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts), implies inequality in bargaining power |
engineer locomotive engineer railroad engineer engine driver | the operator of a railway locomotive |
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 |
adhesion | abnormal union of bodily tissues, most common in the abdomen |
railroad | transport by railroad |
railroad | supply with railroad lines, railroad the West |
dragoon sandbag railroad | compel by coercion, threats, or crude means, They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone |