Means of Transportation
- hydrofoil
- a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
- tractor
- a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications
- Alpine lift
- a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis
- Minuteman
- a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos
- bassinet
- a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
- sailing warship
- a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century
- derelict
- a ship abandoned on the high seas
- shuttle helicopter
- a helicopter that shuttles back and forth
- cruiser
- a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- outrigger canoe
- a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting
- canoe
- small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- stretcher
- a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
- jolly
- a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
- tow car
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
- SAM
- a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
- pontoon plane
- a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
- stanhope
- a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat
- auxiliary research submarine
- a submarine for research purposes
- cattle car
- a freight car for transporting cattle
- transport ship
- a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment
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