Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
improvisation temporary expedient | an unplanned expedient |
suspension temporary removal | a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) |
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 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 |
staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose, he walked with the help of a wooden staff |
temporary hookup patch | a connection intended to be used for a limited time |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
temporary injunction interlocutory injunction | injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over |
staff stave | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written |
staff line | any of the horizontal marks comprising a staff |
treble clef treble staff G clef | a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff |
staff | a rod carried as a symbol |
bread breadstuff staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked |
personnel department personnel office personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Chiefs | the executive agency that advises the President on military questions, composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps |
staff faculty | the body of teachers and administrators at a school, the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university |
office office staff | professional or clerical workers in an office, the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard |
research staff | a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory |
sales staff | those in a business who are responsible for sales |
security staff | those in an organization responsible for preventing spying or theft |
service staff maintenance staff | those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant |
general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
headquarters staff | military staff stationed at headquarters |
staff | personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task, the hospital has an excellent nursing staff, the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions |
half-mast half-staff | a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress |
chief of staff | the senior officer of a service of the armed forces |
staff member staffer | an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) |
staff officer | a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff |
staff sergeant | a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman st class in the Air Force |
temp temporary temporary worker | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
ocotillo coachwhip Jacob's staff vine cactus Fouquieria splendens | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
Celastraceae family Celastraceae spindle-tree family staff-tree family | trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having brightolored fruits |
staff tree | any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus |
bittersweet American bittersweet climbing bittersweet false bittersweet staff vine waxwork shrubby bittersweet Celastrus scandens | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
temporary state | a state that continues for a limited time |
staff | building material consisting of plaster and hair, used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration |
staff | provide with staff, This position is not always staffed |
staff | serve on the staff of, The two men staff the reception desk |
irregular temporary | lacking continuity or regularity, an irregular worker, employed on a temporary basis |