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railroad(1)(dictionary)
railroad(encyclopedia)
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Erie Railroad Co.(encyclopedia)
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.(encyclopedia)
Underground Railroad(encyclopedia)
railroad (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Underground Railroad, the(dictionary)
railroad 1, noun(dictionary)

agglutination (iou) and railroad(1) (iou)


agglutination (iou)



agglutination noun. M16.
[French, or Latin agglutinatio(n-), formed as AGGLUTINATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action of agglutinating; the state of being agglutinated. M16.
b. Philology. The combining of grammatical elements (roots or affixes) into complex words with little or no change of form. M19.
c. Biology & Medicine. The induced adhering together or coalescence of cells, esp. bacteria or blood corpuscles. L19.
A thing which is agglutinated; a mass, a group. L16.

railroad(1) (iou)



railroad noun. Now US exc. in certain combs. M18.
[from RAIL noun2 + ROAD noun.]
= RAILWAY noun 1. M18.
= RAILWAY noun 2. E19.
b. In pl. Shares in railway companies. M19.
Phrases: underground railroad: see UNDERGROUND adjective.
Comb.: railroad bull US slang a railway policeman; railroad commission US a committee to safeguard the public interest in relation to railways; railroad flat US: consisting of a series of long narrow rooms; railroad guide US a railway timetable; railroad service in real tennis, an overhead service delivered from near the wall; railroad tie US a railway sleeper; railroad worm the larva or the adult female of the S. American beetle Phrixothrix tiemanni, of the family Phengodidae, which has luminous red and green patches on its body.
? In Britain superseded by railway in M19.
railroadi'ana noun pl. railwayana M19.