Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
d cesarean delivery
caesarean delivery
caesarian delivery
cesarean section
cesarian section
caesarean section
caesarian section
C-section
cesarean
cesarian
caesarean
caesarian
abdominal delivery a b a a | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
switch
switching
shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
| Section Eight | a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable |
incision
section
surgical incision | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) |
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 |
| horizontal section | a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally |
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 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 |
section
segment | one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object, a section of a fishing rod, metal sections were used below ground, finished the final segment of the road |
| vertical section | a mechanical drawing showing the interior of an object as if made by a vertical plane passing through it |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
| cross section | (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles, measured in barns |
| cross section | a sample meant to be representative of a whole population |
part
section
division | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole, the written part of the exam, the finance section of the company, the BBC's engineering division |
section
subdivision | a selfontained part of a larger composition (written or musical), he always turns first to the business section, the history of this work is discussed in the next section |
| sports section | the section of a newspaper that reports on sports |
| section | a segment of a citrus fruit, he ate a section of the orange |
department
section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
| section | a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon |
| section | a small army unit usually having a special function |
| section | a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class |
brass section
brass | the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments |
string section
strings | the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments |
| violin section | the section of an orchestra that plays violins |
percussion section
percussion
rhythm section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments |
| trumpet section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays trumpets or cornets |
| reed section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments |
| clarinet section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays clarinets |
| section discussion section | a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately, a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course |
| section gang | a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad |
Secret Intelligence Service
MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas |
Security Service
MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory |
| cross section | a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis |
section
plane section | (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid |
| section | a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people, no section of the nation is more ardent than the South, there are three synagogues in the Jewish section |
| section | a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope, sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue |
| Section Eight | a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service |
| section hand | a laborer assigned to a section gang |
| section man | someone who teaches a section of a large college course |
trainman
railroader
railroad man
railwayman
railway man | an employee of a railroad |
| section | a land unit equal to square mile |