angle block, glue block
A small block of wood, triangular in cross section, which is used to stiffen two intersecting pieces of wood at […]
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angle board
A board whose surface is cut at a desired angle; serves as a guide for cutting and/or planing other boards
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andron, andronitis
1. In ancient Greece, the part of a building used by men, esp. the banquet room. 2. A passage beside
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anechoic room
A room whose boundaries absorb almost completely sound waves which are incident upon them; practically no sound is reflected from
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angel beam
A hammer beam of a medieval roof truss; so called because it often had an angel carved on its surface.
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angel light
A small triangular light, 1 between subordinate arches of the tracery of a window, esp. in the English Perpendicular style.
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angiosperm
A class of seed plants (having seeds enclosed in an ovary) which includes most of the worlds flowering plants.