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Flammable ; (adjective) - easily ignited

Hazardous ; (adjective) - involving risk or danger
Precaution ; (noun) - a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or injury
Bradawl ; (noun) - an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
Callipers ; (noun) - an instrument for measuring the distance between two points
( diameters)
6. Kerf; space created by a saw cut.
7. Pincers ; (noun) - a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
8. Ratchet; (noun) - mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel that permits it to
move in only one direction.
9. Rebate; (verb) - cut a rebate in timber to allow a panel or glazing to be used.
10. Spokeshave ; (noun) - a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used
for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes)
11. Bench ; students workspace
12. Bench hook; device used to hold pieces of timber to saw them.
13. Vice; Mechanical device fixed to the bench used to hold pieces firmly while working
with them.
14. Extractor; (noun) - an apparatus that removes dust particles.
15. Rechargeable ; (adjective) - capable of being recharged
16. Transformer; (noun) - an electrical device which reduces voltage from 200 to 110 V
for safety reasons.
17. Acid rain ; (noun) - rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial
gas emissions (especially sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
18. Deforestation; (noun) - the state of being clear of trees, the removal of trees.
19. Environment; (noun) - the area in which something exists or lives.
20. Global; (adjective) - involving the entire earth.
21. Greenhouse effect; (noun) - warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by
the atmosphere.
22. Rainforests; (noun) - forests with heavy annual rainfall.
23. Sustainability; (noun) - the property of being sustainable, can it be continued
indefinitely.
24. Coniferous ; (adjective) - of or relating to or part of trees bearing cones and evergreen
leaves
25. Deciduous; (adjective) trees that shed foliage at the end of the growing season.
26. Hardwood; (noun) - the wood of broad-leaved trees.
27. Softwood ; (noun) - wood that comes from conifers such as pine or fir)
28. Chlorophyll ; (noun) - any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic
organisms
29. Capillary action ; (noun) - a phenomenon associated with surface tension and
resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
30. Germinate ; (verb) - cause to grow or sprout
31. Heartwood; Centre of the tree.
32. Photosynthesis; Photo = light, Synthesis = produce or build.
33. Transpiration ; (noun) - the emission of water vapour from the leaves of plants
34. Bandsaw; (noun) a saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two
wheels.
35. Lathe; (noun) - machine tool for shaping wood; the workpiece turns about a
horizontal axis.
36. Mortiser ; makes a square hole made to receive a Tenon and so to form a joint
37. Pillar drill; a drill set on a stand which drills vertically.

38. Table Saw; consists of a circular blade used to cut along the grain and across the grain
using fences and sliding tables.
39. Density ; (noun) - the amount per unit size
40. Ductility; (noun) - the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or
wires or hammered into thin sheets.
41. Elasticity ; (noun) - the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has
been stretched
42. Insulation ; (noun) - a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or
sound or electricity
43. Malleability / Plasticity ; (noun) - the property of something that can be worked or
hammered or shaped without breaking
44. Resistant ; (adjective) - able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological
stress
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Compression; (noun) - applying pressure, squeeze.
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Fulcrum ; (noun) - the pivot about which a lever turns

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Pulleys ; (noun) - 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
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Shear; (noun) the force exerted similar to a large edge tool
that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it (scissors).
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Tension ; (noun) - the action of stretching something tight
(T.O.W.)
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Torsion ; (noun) - a twisting force