Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
American bittern stake driver Botaurus lentiginosus | a kind of bittern |
army ant driver ant legionary ant | tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects |
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 |
driver number one wood | a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee |
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 |
pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
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 |
spike | sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes, spikes provide greater traction |
spike | a large stout nail, they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie |
spike spindle | any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object, the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order |
spike | a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal), one of the spikes impaled him |
spike | a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur) |
spike | each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves), the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game, golfers' spikes damage the putting greens |
spike heel spike stiletto heel | a very high narrow heel on women's shoes |
spike mike | a contact microphone for listening through walls |
surge suppressor surge protector spike suppressor spike arrester lightning arrester | electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
driver's license driver's licence driving license driving licence | a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle |
driver device driver | (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device |
spike | a transient variation in voltage or current |
spike | a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline, the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor |
backseat driver | a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice |
busman bus driver | someone who drives a bus |
designated driver | the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home |
driver | the operator of a motor vehicle |
driver | a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver |
driver | someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle |
engineer locomotive engineer railroad engineer engine driver | the operator of a railway locomotive |
muleteer mule skinner mule driver skinner | a worker who drives mules |
owner-driver | a motorist who owns the car that he she drives |
racer race driver automobile driver | someone who drives racing cars at high speeds |
slave driver | a supervisor of slaves at work |
slave driver Simon Legree | a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees |
tanker tank driver | a soldier who drives a tank |
taxidriver taximan cabdriver cabman cabby hack driver hack-driver livery driver | someone who drives a taxi for a living |
teamster trucker truck driver | someone who drives a truck as an occupation |
test driver | a driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
Lee Spike Lee Shelton Jackson Lee | United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in ) |
Texas purple spike Hexalectris warnockii | orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers, of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas |
spike rush | a sedge of the genus Eleocharis |