PTC Crossword

A hard substance for removing material by grinding, lapping, honing, and polishing.
A material which, owing to an affinity for certain substances, extracts one or more such substances from a liquid or gas with which it is in contact, and which changes physically or chemically, or both, during the process.
A means of approach, e.g., a road, street, or walk.
A sudden, unexpected event identifiable as to time and place.
An inert granular material such as natural sand, manufactured sand, gravel, crushed gravel, crushed stone, vermiculite, perlite, and air-cooled blast-furnace slag, which when bound together into a conglomerate mass by a matrix forms concrete or mortar.
An adjustment in a straight line.
Any of the various chemically active bases such as the soluble salts of metals, e.g., the water-soluble salts of sodium and potassium which occur in constituents of concrete and mortar that may result in deleterious expansion.
A person trained and experienced in the design of buildings and the coordination and supervision of all aspects of the construction of buildings.
An obstruction to deter the passage of persons or vehicles.
A shallow channel of metal or wood set immediately below and along the eaves of a building to catch and carry off rainwater from the roof.
A hand tool having a head at right angles to the handle; used for driving nails, pounding, flattening materials, etc.
The disposal of garbage, refuse, and trash by burying it under layers of earth in low ground or in excavated pits.
Not combustible
Any liquid-borne waste, containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution; may include liquids containing chemicals in solution; ground, surface, or storm water may become mixed with it as it is admitted into or passes through the sewers.
The quality or state of being perceivable by the eye.
A passage or lane designated for pedestrian traffic, esp. one connecting various parts of an industrial plant or along roofing.
The portion of the contract documents showing in graphic or pictorial form the design, location, and dimensions of the elements of a project; usually include plans, elevations, details, and schedules, as well as graphical and pictorial portions of the contract documents.
A temporary platform to support workers and materials on the face of a structure and to provide access to work areas above the ground.
Forming a concrete surface by use of screeds and a strikeoff.
An externally threaded fastener
to (cause something to) grow or change into a more advanced, larger, or stronger form
a rectangular block of hard material used for building walls and houses.
To make something by putting bricks or other materials together.
An activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for money