| A business owned entirely by one person.
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| The horizontal piece of dimension lumber to which the bottom of the studs are attached in a wall of a light frame building.
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| The sole owner of a business.
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| same as sole ownership.
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| A valve that is actuated by an electric solenoid.
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| A cylindrical coil of wire acting as an electromagnet when a current flows.
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| A concrete masonry block with small or no internal cavities.
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| Forming castings by introducing a body slip into a porous mold which usually consists of two major sections, one section forming the contour of the inside of the object and allowing a solid cast to form between the two mold faces.
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| A flush door with no internal cavities.
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| An object with no internal cavities.
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| A door which is constructed with solid materials.
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| A unit whose net cross-sectional area in every plane parallel to the bearing surface is 75% or more of its gross cross-sectional area measured in the same plane.
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| The mopping of a continuous roof surface area with no areas left unmopped.
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| A concrete slab, without ribs or voids, that spans between beams or bearing walls.
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| 1. Firm and stable in shape and volume. 2. Having three dimensions. 3. Of the same substance throughout. 4. Without cavities. 5. One of the three states of matter; compare with Liquid and Gas. 6. Nonvolatile portion of paint.
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| In paint, percentage of total volume occupied by nonvolatiles.
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| In paint, the dry ingredients remaining after evaporation of all volatile solvent or water; not a fluid and not flowable.
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| 1. Degree to which a substance may be dissolved. 2. A measure of the purity of an asphalt cement; the portion of the asphalt cement that is soluble in a specified solvent such as trichloroethylene; inert matter, such as salts, free carbon, or non-organic contaminants are insoluble.
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| A measure of the purity of an asphalt cement. The portion of the asphalt cement that is soluble in a specified solvent such as trichloroethylene. Inert matter, such as salts, free carbon, or non-organic contaminants are insoluble.
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| A mineral that is usually present in the clay used for the making of bricks.
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| Describes the property of a substance to dissolve in another and form a solution; for example, sugar is soluble in water.
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| Adding dye or colored pigments to synthetic material while in liquid solution before extrusion into fiber.
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| The process by which a substance (solid, liquid, or gas) is homogeneously mixed with a liquid, called the solvent, and the mixture being incapable of mechanical separation into its components; alloys and amalgams are solutions of metals in metal; brines are solutions of a salt in water; syrups are solutions of sugars in water; solution should not be confused or used interchangeably with such terms as dispersion, suspension, or emulsion.
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| An adhesive having a volatile organic liquid as a vehicle, not including water-based adhesives.
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| Ratio of amounts of different solvents in a mixture of solvents.
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| A solvent adhesive that contains a solvent that dissolves or softens the surfaces of plastic pipe being bonded so that the pipe assembly becomes essentially one piece of the same pipe of plastic.
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| Ability to permit solvents to evaporate.
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| Cleaning with a solvent.
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| 1. Having the money to pay all legal debts. 2. Able to dissolve or form a solution.
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| Calculated sound loudness rating.
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