| wood's metal | A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66 deg to 71 deg C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wood sugar | D-xylose. See: xylose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wood tick | <zoology> Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wood units | A simplified measurement of pulmonary vascular resistance that uses pressures instead of more complicated units measured by subtracting pulmonary capillary wedge pressure from the mean pulmonary arterial pressure and dividing by cardiac output in liters per minute. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wood vinegar | Pyracetic acid;impure acetic acid produced by the destructive distillation of pine tar and wood. Synonym: pyroligneous vinegar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wood-wash | Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wood-wax | <botany> Same as Woadwaxen. Origin: AS. Wuduweaxe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wood-waxen | <botany> Same as Woadwaxen. Origin: AS. Wuduweaxe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wood wool | A specially prepared, not compressed, wood fibre used for surgical dressings. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myall wood | <botany> A durable, fragrant, and dark-coloured Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sapan wood | <botany> A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. Alternative forms: sappan wood. Origin: Malay sapang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sappan wood | <botany> A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. Alternative forms: sappan wood. Origin: Malay sapang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea wood louse | <zoology> A sea slater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shittim wood | The wood of the shittah tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nicaragua wood | 1. The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; so called before the discovery of America. 2. A very heavy wood of a reddish colour, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. Crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. Origin: OE. Brasil, LL. Brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. Brasil, Pr. Bresil, Pr. Bresil); perh. From Sp. Or Pg. Brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. Vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its colour; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |