ABSP - Wood

Wood

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afrormosia	a dense tropical hardwood resembling TEAK, used for furniture and panelling.
agalloch agalwood agila eaglewood	the wood of the ALOE.
aldern	made of alder wood.
alerce	the wood of the SANDARACH tree, the Chilean arbor vitae. [Sp. alerce, larch].
algum almug	a wood imported into ancient Palestine, probably red sandalwood.
ambatch ambach	a spongy wood, often used for rafts.
amboina amboyna	a reddish-brown, curly-grained Moluccan wood. [From the Island of Amboina in the Moluccas, Indonesia].
balsawood	the very light wood of the BALSA tree.
barwood	a hard red African wood.
baywood	a coarse mahogany.
beechen	made of beech.
beechwood	the wood of the beech.
bentwood	wood artificially curved for making furniture.
birchen birken	made of birch wood.
blackwood	a name given to several dark-colored timbers.
bogoak	trunks of oak embedded in bogs and so preserved from decay.
bogwood	the wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs.
boxen	made of boxwood.
boxwood	the wood of the box, noted for its fine grain.
brazil brazilwood	a red tropical wood.
briarwood brierwood	the wood of the briar.
brushwood	loppings and broken branches; underwood or stunted wood.
bulletwood	the tough durable wood of an African tree, much used in construction.
calamander	a hard valuable wood of the ebony genus.
caliatour calliature	an old term for a tropical dye-wood, perhaps red-sanders.
campeachy	as on campeachy wood, a logwood.
camwood	the wood of a W. African tree, used in making a red dye.
candlewood	the wood of various resinous tropical trees.
cedarn	of cedar wood.
cedarwood	the wood of the cedar.
cheesewood	the yellow wood of various Australian trees.
cocobola cocobolo	a dark wood used in cabinetry.
cocuswood	the so-called Jamaica ebony, a tradename for the wood of the KOKRA.
copsewood	brushwood; coppice.
cordwood	wood cut up and stacked in cords.
corkwood	very light wood e.g. balsa, or alligator apple.
coromandel	a kind of timber, aka CALAMANDER. [From the Coromandel Coast in SE India].
driftwood	wood drifted or floated by water.
dyewood	any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.
eaglewood	see AGALLOCH.
earlywood	the wood formed in the first part of the growth layer during the spring.
ebon	ebony; (adj.) consisting of ebony.
ebonise ebonize	to make or become like ebony.
ebony	a dark heavy tropical wood.
elmen	made of elm wood.
elmwood	the wood of the elm.
eughen ewghen	made of yew-wood.
fatwood	wood abounding in pitch.
fiddlewood	the wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.
firewood	wood used for burning.
firwood	the wood of the fir.
fruitwood	the wood of a fruit tree.
fuelwood	wood suitable for fuel.
fustet fustic fustoc	the wood of a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow.
gopherwood	another name for YELLOWWOOD.
groundwood	wood found lying on the ground.
gumwood	the wood of a GUMTREE.
hardwood	timber of deciduous trees, whose comparatively slow growth produces compact hard wood.
heartwood	the inner wood of a tree, harder than the sapwood.
heben	ebony.
hupiro	(Maori) a New Zelanad name for STINKWOOD.
ivorywood	the hard white wood of an Australian tree, used for engraving and turnery.
jarrah	the mahogany-like wood of an Australian eucalyptus.
kokra	the wood of an Indian tree, used for making flutes.
lacewood	the wood of the American plane or a similar wood, suitable for ornamental use.
lana	the wood of the GENIPAP, a large West Indian tree.
lancewood	a tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like.
larchen	of or pertaining to the larch.
latewood	the wood formed in the later part of a growth ring.
lauan	a lightweight hardwood timber produced by various Philippine trees.
lightwood	pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
lignaloes	aloes-wood.
ligneous	wood-like; containing wood.
lignum	the fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees. Pl. LIGNUMS.
logwood	the heavy, red heartwood of a tree native to South America, used in dyeing.
marblewood	the distinctively marked wood of a Malaysian tree.
matchwood	wood suitable for making matches; splinters or fragments.
meranti	(Malay) the wood of various Malaysian trees.
oaken	made of oak wood.
orangewood	the wood of the orange-tree.
ovenwood	brushwood.
palisander	the wood of the JACARANDA or other ROSEWOOD.
pearwood	the wood of the pear tree.
pinewood	the wood of the pine.
plywood	boarding made of thin layers of wood glued together, the grain of each at right angles to that of the next.
porkwood	the coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree of Florida and the West Indies.
pulpwood	wood suitable for paper-making.
purpleheart	a kind of wood, purple-coloured.
quassia	the bitter wood of several tropical American trees, used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer. [From a black slave, Quassi, who discovered its value against fever].
rosewood	a valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees.
roundwood	timber used (as for poles) without any sawing or hewing.
sanders	sandalwood, esp. red sandalwood. Pl. SANDERSES.
sanderswood	sandalwood, esp. red sandalwood.
santal	sandalwood.
sapan sapanwood sappan sappanwood	the wood of a leguminous tree, formerly used to provide a red dye.
sapele	a tropical timber resembling mahogany.
satinwood	a smooth, satiny ornamental wood from India.
sawlog	a log large enough to saw into boards.
sawtimber	timber suitable for sawing into lumber.
shittim shittimwood	the wood of the SHITTAH tree, believed to be a species of acacia.
softwood	a conifer.
splintwood	sapwood.
springwood	secondary wood formed in spring and early summer.
stinkwood	a name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell.
teakwood	the wood of the teak tree.
tigerwood	any of several showy black-striped woods used in cabinetmaking .
timber	wood suitable for building or carpentry; (verb) to provide or cover with timber.
timbery	like timber.
torchwood	the inflammable wood of certain trees; also, the trees themselves.
tulipwood	the beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree, much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.
twiggen	made of twigs; wicker.
vimineous	made of wicker.
walnutwood	the wood of the walnut tree.
wattle	material for fences, roofs, etc, in the form of rods and branches, etc.; (verb) to construct with wattle.
wattlework	wickerwork.
wicker	a small pliant twig or osier; wickerwork.
wickered	made of wicker, covered with wickerwork.
wickerwork	basketwork of any kind.
woodchip	chipped wood, used e.g. for mulch.
wooden	made of wood; stilted > WOODENER, WOODENEST.
woodmeal	sawdust and other wood waste used as industrial filler.
yellowwood	the wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves.
yewen	made of yew wood.
zante	the wood of the European smoke-tree. [From Zante, one of the Ionian islands].
zebrawood	a kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree.

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