WOODGRAINS Synonyms

• a protective covering that protects the outside of a building

• a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

• cover with clapboards

• the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

• an implement used in baseball by the batter

• move heavily or clumsily

• cut lumber, as in woods and forests

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia

• a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

• material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

• the money risked on a gamble

• the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

• a beam made of wood

• a post made of wood

• land that is covered with trees and shrubs

• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

• (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

• coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood

• an ornamental coating to a building

• cover with veneer

• stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

• a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

• furnish with battens

• secure with battens

• a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather

• long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• (nautical) breadth amidships

• the broad side of a ship

• a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts

• smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression

• emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

• express with a beaming face or smile

• broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• a short personal letter

• lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

• provide housing for (military personnel)

• a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

• a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings

• a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

• a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit

• housing in a large building that is divided into separate units

• (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted

• an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension

• a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

• a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• a platform from which an auctioneer sells

• the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

• render unsuitable for passage

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• stop from happening or developing

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• run on a block system

• interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

• stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block

• obstruct

• block passage through

• support, secure, or raise with a block

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• be unable to remember

• shape by using a block

• shape into a block or blocks

• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• a natural consequence of development

• a stream or river connected to a larger one

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together

• beam used to support floors or roofs

• a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

• the exponent required to produce a given number

• a written record of messages sent or received

• a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)

• measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water

• enter into a log, as on ships and planes

• cut lumber, as in woods and forests

• a vertical spar for supporting sails

• nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground

• nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

• any sturdy upright pole