railroad
         n 1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for
               operating a system of transportation for trains that pull
               passengers or freight [syn: {railway}, {railroad},
               {railroad line}, {railway line}, {railway system}]
         2: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked
            along the railroad track" [syn: {railroad track}, {railroad},
            {railway}]
         v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They
               sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn:
               {dragoon}, {sandbag}, {railroad}]
         2: supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"
         3: transport by railroad

English Dictionary: railroad station	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad bed n a bed on which railroad track is laid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad car n a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" Synonym(s): car, railcar, railway car, railroad car
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad engineer n the operator of a railway locomotive [syn: engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad flat n an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad line n line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight Synonym(s): railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad man n an employee of a railroad [syn: trainman, railroader, railroad man, railwayman, railway man]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad siding n a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass Synonym(s): siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad station n terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods Synonym(s): railway station, railroad station, railroad terminal, train station, train depot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad terminal n terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods Synonym(s): railway station, railroad station, railroad terminal, train station, train depot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad ticket n a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train [syn: railroad ticket, train ticket]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad tie n one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" Synonym(s): tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad track n a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" Synonym(s): railroad track, railroad, railway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad train n public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction" Synonym(s): train, railroad train
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad tunnel n a tunnel through which the railroad track runs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad vine n a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas Synonym(s): railroad vine, beach morning glory, Ipomoea pes-caprae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroad worm n larvae bore into and feed on apples [syn: apple maggot, railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroader n an employee of a railroad [syn: trainman, railroader, railroad man, railwayman, railway man]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railroading n the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads Synonym(s): rail technology, railroading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railway yard n an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines Synonym(s): yard, railway yard, railyard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
railyard n an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines Synonym(s): yard, railway yard, railyard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roller towel n a towel with the ends sewn together, hung on a roller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
royal road n an auspicious way or means to achieve something; "the royal road to success"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Railroad \Rail"road`\, v. t.       To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put       through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush       unduly; as, to railroad a bill through Condress. [Colloq., U.       S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Railroad \Rail"road`\, Railway \Rail"way`\, n.       1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of             iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks             for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a             bed or substructure.          Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of                the older tramway.          2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings,             rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and             constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been             put into the hands of a receiver.          Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the                commoner word in the United States.          Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and                railway are used interchangeably:          {Atmospheric railway}, {Elevated railway}, etc. See under             {Atmospheric}, {Elevated}, etc.          {Cable railway}. See {Cable road}, under {Cable}.          {Perry railway}, a submerged track on which an elevated             platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water             course.          {Gravity railway}, a railway, in a hilly country, on which             the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long             distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an             elevated point by stationary engines.          {Railway brake}, a brake used in stopping railway cars or             locomotives.          {Railway car}, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels             fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]          {Railway carriage}, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]          {Railway scale}, a platform scale bearing a track which forms             part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.                      {Railway slide}. See {Transfer table}, under {Transfer}.          {Railway spine} (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe             concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad             accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other             disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain             in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral             disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till             some months after the injury.          {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}.             (a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as                   beneath the streets of a city.             (b) Formerly, a system of co[94]peration among certain                   active antislavery people in the United States, by                   which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach                   Canada.          Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was                used.] [bd]Their house was a principal entrep[93]t of                the underground railroad.[b8] --W. D. Howells.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Railroading \Rail"road`ing\, n.       The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or       operating a railroad. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Areolar \A*re"o*lar\, a.       Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or       areol[91].          {reolar tissue} (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue             in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous             spaces, or areol[91], between them.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(c) (Mach.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed                   form of many particulars or values, for ready                   reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific                   gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following                   some law, and expressing particular values                   corresponding to certain other numbers on which they                   depend, and by means of which they are taken out for                   use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines,                   tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables;                   interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.             (d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the                   lines which appear on the inside of the hand.                               Mistress of a fairer table Hath not history for                            fable.                                          --B. Jonson.          5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,             or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally             on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in             eating, writing, or working.                         We may again Give to our tables meat. --Shak.                         The nymph the table spread.               --Pope.          6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;             entertainment; as, to set a good table.          7. The company assembled round a table.                         I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.          8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of             compact bone, separated by diplo[89], in the walls of the             cranium.          9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a             band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is             required, so as to make it decorative. See {Water table}.          10. (Games)             (a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon                   and draughts are played.             (b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to                   play into the right-hand table.             (c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]                   --Chaucer.                               This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,                            That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.                                                                               --Shak.          11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.                         A circular plate or table of about five feet                      diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.          12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other             precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.          13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and             perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective             plane}.          14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work             rests and is fastened.          {Bench table}, {Card table}, {Communion table}, {Lord's       table}, etc. See under {Bench}, {Card}, etc.          {Raised table} (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting             member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the             projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially             intended to receive an inscription or the like.          {Roller table} (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the             balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and             out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.                      {Round table}. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.          {Table anvil}, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for             use in making slight repairs.          {Table base}. (Arch.) Same as {Water table}.          {Table bed}, a bed in the form of a table.          {Table beer}, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.                      {Table bell}, a small bell to be used at table for calling             servants.          {Table cover}, a cloth for covering a table, especially at             other than mealtimes.          {Table diamond}, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper             surface.          {Table linen}, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.          {Table money} (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to             officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.          {Table rent} (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or             religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or             housekeeping. --Burrill.          {Table shore} (Naut.), a low, level shore.          {Table talk}, conversation at table, or at meals.          {Table talker}, one who talks at table.          {Table tipping}, {Table turning}, certain movements of             tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed             spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital             or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the             muscular force of persons in connection with the objects             moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.          {Tables of a girder} [or] {chord} (Engin.), the upper and             lower horizontal members.          {To lay on the table}, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a             report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding             officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by             a vote.          {To serve tables} (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to             distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.          {To turn the tables}, to change the condition or fortune of             contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken             from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.          {Twelve tables} (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman             laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before             Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had             been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and             institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed             from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as             were altered and accommodated to the manners of the             Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of             laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roller \Roll"er\, n.       1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,             sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in             husbandry and the arts.          2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage             used in surgery.          3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in             upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.          4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling             cylinder; -- called also {roller towel}.          5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made             principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of             type are inked previously to taking an impression from             them. --W. Savage.          6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the             roller of a man.          7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.          8. (Zo[94]l.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf             roller. see {Tortrix}.          9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species             of Old World picarian birds of the family {Coraciad[91]}.             The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over             or [bd]tumbling[b8] in flight.          Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common                European species ({Coracias garrula}) has the head,                neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the                scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and                black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa                belong to the genus {Eurystomus}, as the oriental                roller ({E. orientalis}), and the Australian roller, or                dollar bird ({E. Pacificus}). The latter is dark brown                on the head and neck, sea green on the back, and bright                blue on the throat, base of the tail, and parts of the                wings. It has a silvery-white spot on the middle of                each wing.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Railroad, PA (borough, FIPS 63288)       Location: 39.76007 N, 76.69694 W       Population (1990): 317 (114 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)