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| Dry mix
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Packages of dry mix containing all the ingredients (cement, sand & gravel) needed for making concrete or mortar when water is added. |
| Dry mortgage
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Creates a lien against the mortgagor's property, but does not permit a lien against his/her personal assets. |
| Dry rot
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A term applied to many types of decay, especially and advanced stage when the wood can be easily crushed to a dry powder. |
| Dry sheet
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A ply mechanically attached to wood or gypsum decks to prevent asphalt or pitch from penetrating the deck and leaking into the building below. |
| Dry steam geothermal plants
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Conventional turbine generators are used with the dry steam resources. The steam is used directly, eliminating the need for boilers and boiler fuel that characterizes other steam-power-generating technologies. This technology is limited because dry-steam hydrothermal resources are extremely rare. The Geysers, in California, is the nation's only dry steam field. |
| Dry tack free
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That stage of drying when the paint no longer feels sticky or tacky when lightly touched. |
| Dry taping
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Use of joint tape, using adhesives other than joint compound, for wallboard. |
| Dry to handle
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That stage of drying when a paint film has hardened sufficiently so the object or surface painted may be used without marring. |
| Dry to recoat
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That stage of drying when the next coat can be applied. |
| Dry to sand
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That stage of drying when a paint film can be sanded without the sandpaper sticking or clogging. |
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