rail technology
railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
dark-eyed junco
slateolored junco
Junco hyemalis | common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises |
red-eyed vireo
Vireo olivaceous | of northern North America having red irises and an olive-grey body with white underparts |
| rail | any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
corncrake
land rail
Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
| goldeneye golden-eyed fly | a variety of green lacewing |
bigeye scad
big-eyed scad
goggle-eye
Selar crumenophthalmus | of Atlantic coastal waters, commonly used for bait |
| fife rail | the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
| picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
| plate rail | rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates |
| rail | a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) |
| rail | short for railway, he traveled by rail, he was concerned with rail safety |
| rail fence | a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) |
railing
rail | a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports |
safety rail
guardrail | a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety |
split rail
fence rail | a rail that is split from a log |
| third rail | a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive |
towel rail
towel bar | a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels |
track rail rails
runway | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
| bare bone | bone stripped of flesh |
| bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements, he told us only the bare bones of the story |
jealousy
green-eyed monster | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) |
black-eyed pea
cowpea | eaten fresh as shell beans or dried |
rail-splitter
splitter | a laborer who splits logs to build splitail fences |
blue-eyed African daisy
Arctotis stoechadifolia
Arctotis venusta | bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers, in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color |
oxeye daisy ox-eyed daisy
marguerite moon daisy
white daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers, widely naturalized, often placed in genus Chrysanthemum |
black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia serotina | the state flower of Maryland, of central and southeastern United States, having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays |
flower-of-an-hour
flowers-of-an-hour
bladder ketmia
black-eyed Susan Hibiscus trionum | annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers, Old World tropics, naturalized as a weed in North America |
two-eyed violet
heartsease Viola ocellata | violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet |
| blue-eyed grass | plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers |
cowpea
cowpea plant
black-eyed pea
Vigna unguiculata
Vigna sinensis | sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure |
| cowpea black-eyed pea | fruit or seed of the cowpea plant |
Xyridaceae
family Xyridaceae
yellow-eyed grass family | plants of tropical to temperate regions, usually in wet places |
| yellow-eyed grass | any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States |
black-eyed Susan black-eyed Susan vine
Thunbergia alata | tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center |
maiden blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora | small widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers, British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado |
blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia verna | eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers |
denude
bare
denudate
strip | lay bare, denude a forest |
fulminate
rail | criticize severely, He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare, She railed against the bad social policies |
vilify
revile
vituperate
rail | spread negative information about, The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews |
rail
inveigh | complain bitterly |
publicize
publicise
air
bare | make public, She aired her opinions on welfare |
| rail | fish with a handline over the rails of a boat, They are railing for fresh fish |
| bare | lay bare, bare your breasts, bare your feelings |
| rail | lay with rails, hundreds of miles were railed out here |
train
rail | travel by rail or train, They railed from Rome to Venice, She trained to Hamburg |
| rail | convey (goods etc.) by rails, fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium |
| rail rail off | separate with a railing, rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace |
| rail | provide with rails, The yard was railed |