1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: {siding}, {turnout}, {sidetrack}]

1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods [syn: {railway station}, {railroad terminal}, {train station}, {train depot}]

1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods [syn: {railway station}, {railroad station}, {train station}, {train depot}]

1: a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train [syn: {train ticket}]

1: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: {tie}, {crosstie}, {sleeper}]

1: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" [syn: {railroad}, {railway}]

1: public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction" [syn: {train}]

1: a tunnel through which the railroad track runs

1: Prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas [syn: {beach morning glory}, {Ipomoea pes-caprae}]

1: larvae bore into and feed on apples [syn: {apple maggot}, {Rhagoletis pomonella}]

1: an employee of a railroad [syn: {trainman}, {railroad man}, {railwayman}, {railway man}]

1: the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads [syn: {rail technology}]

1: a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll [syn: {track}, {rail}]

1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railroad}, {railroad line}, {railway line}, {railway system}] 2: a line of track providing a runway for wh...

1: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" [syn: {car}, {railcar}, {railroad car}]

1: a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross

1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railway}, {railroad}, {railroad line}, {railway system}] 2: the road consisting of railroad track and road...

1: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: {locomotive}, {engine}, {locomotive engine}]

1: an employee of a railroad [syn: {trainman}, {railroader}, {railroad man}, {railwayman}]

1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods [syn: {railroad station}, {railroad terminal}, {train station}, {train depot}]

1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system [syn: {railway}, {railroad}, {railroad line}, {railway line}]

1: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: {yard}]

1: an employee of a railroad [syn: {trainman}, {railroader}, {railroad man}, {railway man}]

1: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: {array}, {regalia}] v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {clothe}, {enclothe}, {garb}, {...

1: possessing no clothing [syn: {clothesless}, {garmentless}]

1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [syn: {rainfall}] 2: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [syn: {rainwater}] 3: anything happening rapidly or in...

1: a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater

1: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: {pour}, {pelt}, {stream}, {rain cats and dogs}]

1: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: {pour}, {pelt}, {stream}, {rain buckets}]

1: a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future 2: a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain

1: a dark gray cloud bearing rain [syn: {nimbus}, {nimbus cloud}]

1: a ritual dance intended to bring rain

1: an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date; "the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday"

1: precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" [syn: {rain}]

1: a forest with heavy annual rainfall [syn: {rainforest}]

1: gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation [syn: {rain gauge}, {pluviometer}, {udometer}]

1: gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation [syn: {rain gage}, {pluviometer}, {udometer}]

1: prevent or interrupt due to rain; "The storm had washed out the game" [syn: {wash out}]

1: an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it

1: a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: {shower}]

1: a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was i...

1: large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle [syn: {saman}, {monkeypod}, {monkey pod},...

1: an epithet for Jupiter [syn: {Jupiter Pluvius}]

1: a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)

1: the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain

1: an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain 2: an illusory hope; "chasing rainbows"

1: a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico

1: small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums [syn: {guppy}, {Lebistes reticulatus}]

1: a kind of lorikeet [syn: {Trichoglossus moluccanus}]

1: Pacific coast fish [syn: {rainbow seaperch}, {Hipsurus caryi}]

1: Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual [syn: {china pink}, {Dianthus chinensis}]

1: streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish [syn: {Elagatis bipinnulata}]

1: Pacific coast fish [syn: {rainbow perch}, {Hipsurus caryi}]

1: deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream to orange and red [syn: {Cassia javonica}]

1: common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska [syn: {American smelt}] 2: important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska [syn: {Osmerus mordax}]

1: flesh of pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water 2: found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska [syn: {Salmo gairdneri}]

1: a water-resistant coat [syn: {waterproof}]

1: a drop of rain

1: German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20-th century German literature (1875-1926) [syn: {Rilke}]

1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [syn: {rain}]

1: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent [syn: {tent-fly}, {fly sheet}, {fly}, {tent flap}]

1: a forest with heavy annual rainfall [syn: {rain forest}]

{rainy}

{rainy}

1: falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms"

1: lacking rain; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies"

1: executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm 2: American indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain

1: activity intended to produce rain

1: not permitting the passage of water [syn: {waterproof}, {waterproofed}]

1: a storm with rain

1: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [syn: {rain}]

1: (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days" [syn: {showery}] 2: marked by rain; "their vacation turned out to be a series of rainy days" [syn: {pluvial}, {pluvious}] [also:...

1: a (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day"

1: one of the two seasons in tropical climates [ant: {dry season}]

1: capable of being raised; "the roadster had a raisable sunroof" [syn: {raiseable}]

1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: {rise}, {wage hike}, {hike}, {wage increase}, {salary increase}] 2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the c...

1: object strongly; make a stink

1: get very angry; "He will raise the roof when he hears this"

1: change the arrangement or position of [syn: {agitate}, {vex}, {disturb}, {commove}, {shake up}, {stir up}]

1: capable of being raised; "the roadster had a raisable sunroof" [syn: {raisable}]

1: above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised design"; "raised eyebrows" [ant: {lowered}] 2: embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an e...

1: a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder

1: a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid 2: someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil [syn: {agriculturist}, {cultivator}, {grower}]

1: dried grape

1: bran flakes with raisins

1: bread containing raisins

1: cookie containing raisins

1: moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products [syn: {Cadra figulilella}]

1: cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts

1: increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate" n 1: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of ...

1: making trouble just for the fun of it [syn: {hell raising}]

1: reason for being 2: the purpose that justifies a thing's existence

1: an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices

1: radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland [syn: {radioactive iodine uptake test}]

1: British dominion over India (1757-1947)

1: a Hindu prince or king in India [syn: {rajah}] 2: type genus of the family Rajidae [syn: {genus Raja}]

1: common European skate used as food [syn: {gray skate}]

1: most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches [syn: {little skate}]

1: one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook [syn: {barndoor skate}]

1: cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches [syn: {thorny skate}]

1: the seventh month of the Islamic calendar

1: a Hindu prince or king in India [syn: {raja}]

1: the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category

1: bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates [syn: {family Rajidae}]

1: fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes [syn: {order Rajiformes}, {Batoidei}, {order Batoidei}]

1: a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India [syn: {Rajput}]

1: a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India [syn: {Rajpoot}]

1: a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high)

1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: {profligate}, {rip}, {blood}, {roue}] 2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" [syn: {pitch}, {slant}] 3: a long-han...

1: the handle of a rake

1: earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" [syn: {shovel in}]

1: take money from an illegal transaction

1: bring to light; "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor"

1: a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster [syn: {vigorish}]

1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing}, {jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {smart}, {spiffy}, {snappy}, {spruce}] 2: marked by a car...

1: in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle" [syn: {raffishly}, {carelessly}]

1: the quality of a rake 2: stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance [syn: {jauntiness}, {nattiness}, {dapperness}]

1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" [syn: {rattle}, {rattling}]

1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) [syn: {Raleigh}, {Walter Raleigh}, {Sir Walter Raleigh}, {Walter ...

1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) [syn: {Walter Raleigh}, {Sir Walter Raleigh}, {Ralegh}, {Walter R...

1: gradually decreasing in tempo [syn: {ritardando}, {ritenuto}, {rit.}] adv : slowing down; "this passage should be played rallentando"

1: rails; crakes; gallinules; coots [syn: {family Rallidae}]

{rally}

1: a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm [syn: {mass meeting}] 2: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared t...

1: rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort; "a rallying cry" n 1: the act of mobilizing for a common purpose; "the bell was a signal for the rallying of the whole neighborhood" 2: the feat of...

1: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: {war cry}, {battle cry}, {cry}, {watchword}] 2: a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers i...

1: a point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together

1: United States philosopher (1876-1957) [syn: {Perry}]

1: United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) [syn: {Bunche}, {Ralph Johnson Bunche}]

1: United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994) [syn: {Ellison}, {Ralph Waldo Ellison}]

1: United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) [syn: {Bunche}, {Ralph Bunche}]

1: British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) [syn: {Richardson}, {Sir Ralph David Richardson}]

1: English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958) [syn: {Vaughan Williams}]

1: United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994) [syn: {Ellison}, {Ralph Ellison}]

1: United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) [syn: {Emerson}]

1: the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in a...

1: (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors; "access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it cont...

1: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" [syn: {ram}, {pound}] 2: teach by drills and repetition [syn: {hammer in}, {drill in}, {beat in}...

1: make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas" [syn: {drive home}, {press home}]

1: annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak [syn: {common unicorn plant}, {devil's claw}, {common devil's claw},...

1: orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head [syn: {ram's-head lady's slipper}, {Cypripedium arietinum}]

1: orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head [syn: {ram's-head}, {Cypripedium arietinum}]

1: avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama; "in Hindu folklore Rama is the epitome of chivalry and courage and obedience t...

1: a hero in Hindu mythology; an incarnation of Vishnu

1: the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith 2: (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month ...

1: shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus [syn: {genus Ramalina}]

1: Hindu lunar holiday (on the 9th day of Caitra) to celebrate the birth of Rama

1: having branches [syn: {branched}, {branching}, {ramose}, {ramous}]

1: one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne

1: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: {amble}, {promenade}, {saunter}, {stroll}, {perambulation}] v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and ...

1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: {ramble}, {jog}]

1: a person who takes long walks in the country 2: a person whose speech or writing is not well organized

1: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambli...

1: in a rambling manner [syn: {discursively}]

1: Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: {rambutan}, {rambutan tree}, {Nephelium lappaceum}] 2: pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines [syn: {rambutan}]

1: hardy sheep developed from the Merino producing both good mutton and fine wool

1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surfac...

1: Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: {rambotan}, {rambutan tree}, {Nephelium lappaceum}] 2: pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines [syn: {rambotan}]

1: Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: {rambutan}, {rambotan}, {Nephelium lappaceum}]

1: French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764) [syn: {Jean-Philippe Rameau}]

1: tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax [syn: {ramie}, {Chinese silk plant}, {China grass}, {Boehmeria nivea}]

1: a cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes [syn: {ramequin}] 2: a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions [syn...

{ramentum}

1: a cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes [syn: {ramekin}] 2: a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions [syn:...

1: any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC [syn: {Ramesses}, {Ramses}]

1: king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments [syn: {Ramesses II}, {Ramses II}, {Rameses the Great}, {Ramesses the Great}, {Ramses the Great}]

1: king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments [syn: {Rameses II}, {Ramesses II}, {Ramses II}, {Ramesses the Great}, {Ramses the Great}]

1: any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC [syn: {Rameses}, {Ramses}]

1: king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments [syn: {Rameses II}, {Ramses II}, {Rameses the Great}, {Ramesses the Great}, {Ramses the Great}]

1: king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments [syn: {Rameses II}, {Ramesses II}, {Ramses II}, {Rameses the Great}, {Ramses the Great}]

{ramus}

1: tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax [syn: {ramee}, {Chinese silk plant}, {China grass}, {Boehmeria nivea}]

1: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: {branching}, {fork}, {forking}] 2: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork" [sy...

{ramify}

1: have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify" [syn: {complexify}] 2: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very lar...

1: a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed [syn: {ramjet engine}, {atherodyde}, {athodyd}, {flying drainpipe}]

1: a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed [syn: {ramjet}, {atherodyde}, {athodyd}, {flying drainpipe}]

1: god of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad

{ram}

1: a tool for driving something with force

{ram}

1: Spanish philosopher (1235-1315) [syn: {Lully}, {Raymond Lully}]

1: Spanish histologist noted for his work on the structure of the nervous system (1852-1934) [syn: {Santiago Ramon y Cajal}]

1: shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb [syn: {common sage}, {Salvia officinalis}]

1: small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums [syn: {governor's plum}, {governor plum}, {Madagascar plum},...

1: having branches [syn: {branched}, {branching}, {ramous}, {ramate}]

1: having branches [syn: {branched}, {branching}, {ramose}, {ramate}]

1: an inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another [syn: {incline}] 2: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers [syn: {wild leek}, {Allium tricocc...

1: bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" [syn: {build up}, {work up}, {build}]

1: violently angry and destructive behavior [syn: {violent disorder}] v : act violently, recklessly, or destructively

1: displaying raging violence; often destructive; "the hot rampageous horses of my will"- W.H.Auden

1: unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression" 2: rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" [syn: {rampant(ip)}, {rearing}]

1: an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other

1: in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here" [syn: {wild}]

1: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: {bulwark}, {wall}]

1: toucans [syn: {family Ramphastidae}]

1: thornbills [syn: {genus Ramphomicron}]

1: bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad [syn: {rampion bellflower}, {Campanula rapunculus}]

1: bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad [syn: {rampion}, {Campanula rapunculus}]

1: a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm 2: a harshly demanding overseer 3: a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm