hard+coating
61incrustation — n. 1 the process of encrusting or state of being encrusted. 2 a crust or hard coating, esp. of fine material. 3 a concretion or deposit on a surface. 4 a facing of marble etc. on a building. Etymology: F incrustation or LL incrustatio (as… …
62de|scale — «dee SKAYL», transitive verb, scaled, scal|ing. to remove the crust or hard coating from, especially that produced by the minerals in water: »Polishing is done after fabrication and the best results are obtained from ordinary descaled…stainless… …
63en|crus|ta|tion — «EHN kruhs TAY shuhn», noun. 1. an encrusting. 2. a being encrusted. 3. a crust or hard coating. SYNONYM(S): scale. 4. a decorative layer of costly material. Also, incrustation …
64en|crust — «ehn KRUHST», transitive verb. 1. to cover with a crust or hard coating: »The inside of the kettle is encrusted with lime. SYNONYM(S): overspread. 2. to form a crust on; form into a crust: »The extremely cold weather during the night had… …
65candelilla wax — hard, yellowish tan to brown wax found as a coating on candelilla shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Euphorbia cerifera, which grow wild in northern Mexico and Texas. Candelilla wax resembles carnauba wax but is less hard. Because it… …
66steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
67Diamond-like carbon — A ta C thin film on silicon (15 mm diameter) exhibiting regions of 40 nm and 80 nm thickness …
68Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
69metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …
70Drill bit — For the fictional character, see Drill Bit (Transformers). For the cancelled skyscraper nicknamed Drill bit, see Chicago Spire. For the types used in drilling wells, see Well drilling. From top to bottom: Spade, lip and spur (brad point), masonry …
