railway

a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" ; line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight ;

railway car

a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" ;

railway junction

a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross ;

railway line

the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed ; line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight ;

railway locomotive

a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks ;

railway man

an employee of a railroad ;

railway station

terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods ;

railway system

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight ;

railway yard

an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines ;

railwayman

an employee of a railroad ;

raiment

especially fine or decorative clothing ;

rain

anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" ; water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere ; drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds ;

rain-giver

an epithet for Jupiter ;

rain-in-the-face

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) ;

rain-wash

the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain ;

rain barrel

a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater ;

rain check

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

rain cloud

a dark grey cloud bearing rain ;

rain dance

a ritual dance intended to bring rain ;

rain date

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" ;

rain forest

a forest with heavy annual rainfall ;

rain gage

gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation ;

rain gauge

gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation ;

rain shadow

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

rain shower

a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" ;

rain stick

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 in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain ;

rain tree

large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle ;

rainbow

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

rainbow cactus

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

rainbow fish

small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums ;

rainbow lorikeet

a kind of lorikeet ;

rainbow perch

Pacific coast fish ;

rainbow pink

Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual ;

rainbow runner

streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish ;

rainbow seaperch

Pacific coast fish ;

rainbow shower

deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream to orange and red ;

rainbow smelt

important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska ; common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska ;

rainbow trout

found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska ; flesh of pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water ;

raincoat

a water-resistant coat ;

raindrop

a drop of rain ;