| A statute that requires certain contracts to be evidenced by a writing.
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| The period of time after a cause of action arises before the expiration of which a plaintiff must file suit, or lose the right to do so.
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| A statute of limitations, measured from the completion of a work of improvement, protecting builders, contractors, architects, and engineers from liability for defects for an indefinite time in the construction of the improvement.
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| Temporary tacking of the carpet in stages during a long stretch with the power stretcher or knee kicker, to hold the stretch until the end of the carpet can be kicked over the pins.
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| 1. Sound Transmission Coefficient. 2. Sound Transmission Class.
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| standard.
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| The process of forming curved wood members by steaming or boiling the wood and bending it to a desired shape.
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| A boiler for producing steam.
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| The act or process of cleaning a structure with a machine that provides pressurized steam through a nozzle.
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| Curing of concrete or mortar in water vapor at atmospheric or higher pressures and at temperatures between about 100° F and 420° F (40° C and 215° C).
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| Turpentine made from pine tree stumps by treating shredded chips with live steam to produce a distillate which is fractionated to yield turpentine, pine oil, and solid residue.
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| Heating system in which steam from a boiler is piped to radiators in space to be heated.
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| Refrigerating system which uses a steam venturi to create high vacuum (low pressure) on a water container causing water to evaporate at low temperature.
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| A metallic vessel for creating and holding steam, used in a commercial kitchen.
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| An instrument for measuring the passage of steam.
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| A machine using steam to sterilize implements.
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| see Bain-Marie
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| A device that allows the passage of a condensate or air, but prevents the passage of steam.
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| The invisible gaseous state of water, produced by boiling.
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| see Electric Steamer.
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| A vitreous ceramic whiteware for technical application in which magnesium metasilicate (MgO, SiO2) is the essential crystalline phase.
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| Massive talc or the pulverized product, thereof having the general formula 3MgO 4Si O2H2O.
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| Fabricated small steel door and frame, usually flush with adjoining surface to provide access to concealed equipment or system components for inspection and maintenance purposes.
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| sheet metal used to cover access hole in deck to facilitate welding operation.
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| Removable panel, usually flush with adjoining surface to provide access to concealed equipment or system components for inspection and maintenance purposes.
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| sheet steel or segments of deck used to fill narrow areas where regular deck units cannot be accommodated.
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| Bolts that tie sill plate and frame of structure to its foundation.
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| High strength steel bolt used to secure wood construction to concrete or masonry construction.
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| steel bolt used to secure wood construction to concrete or masonry construction.
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| Lintel made of structural steel angle.
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