| Crystalline silica; a hard brittle mineral breaking with a glasslike fracture, and usually transparent to translucent, and colorless, or of a white, pink, and amethystine hue.
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| A strong sandstone cemented by quartz, about 98 percent silica.
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| Application of contract rules of law to parties that do not have a contractual relationship.
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| A four cusped circular element in Gothic tracery.
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| A structure built along the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place.
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| The architecture and furniture style of England, under Dutch influence, during the short reign of Anne, 1702-1714.
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| A brick cut in half lengthwise.
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| A truss framed with queen posts.
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| 1. A half brick made by cutting a whole brick in two lengthwise as for a corner in a soldier course. 2. A half brick used to prevent vertical joints falling above one another.
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| 1. Cooling of steel in cold water to increase its hardness. 2. Rapid cooling of metal in a heat treating process.
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| 1. Assets easily converted to cash. 2. Current assets without inventory.
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| The inter-pressure required to burst a pipe or fitting due to an internal pressure build-up, usually within 60 to 90 seconds.
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| A material with a relatively short drying time.
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| An expedient often inadequate solution to a problem; a Band-Aid Approach.
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| 1. See Flash Set. 2. In gypsum wallboard joints, a joint compound that chemically hydrates prior to drying; also called Fast Set.
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| A device which permits easy and fast connecting of two fluid lines.
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| The first solid product CaO that is obtained by calcining limestone and that develops great heat and becomes crumbly when treated with water; lime; before it can be used in construction, quicklime must be slaked in water and aged for at least 2 weeks.
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| 1. Fine sand or silt that is prevented from settling firmly together by upward movement of ground water. 2. Any wet inorganic soil so unsubstantial that it will not support any load.
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| Mercury.
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| A lawsuit brought to remove a claim on the title of real property.
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| An arrangement of five objects in which four are at the corners and one is at the center at the crossed diagonals, in the manner of a dice or a five playing card, used in planting trees.
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| A five cusped element in Gothic tracery.
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| A groove separating two parts of a molding.
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| A form of deed in the nature of a release containing both words of grant and of release; it does not provide a guarantee or warranty of title.
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| Cornerstones forming the external angle of a building; bricks or block masonry that project out from the walls at the corners of a building for ornamental effect.
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| A prefabricated metal building with a semicylindrical corrugated roof.
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