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1. буровой раствор, промывочная жидкость, глинистый раствор2. буровая грязь, извлекаемая желонкой или песочным насосом при ударно-канатном буренииoil and gas-cut mud — буровой раствор, загрязнённый нефтью и газированный
oil and sulphur water-cut mud — буровой раствор, загрязнённый нефтью и сероводородной водой
— base mud— bore mud— bulk mud— clay mud— cut mud— dry mud— gyp mud— junk mud— kill mud— lime base mud— mud off— mud up— poor mud— red mud— thin mud
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calcium treated drilling mud — буровой раствор, обработанный кальцием
chemically treated drilling mud — буровой раствор, обработанный химическими реагентами
drilling mud immune to salt — буровой раствор, невосприимчивый к действию соли
drilling mud resistant to bacterial attack — буровой раствор, устойчивый против действия бактерий
drilling mud weighted barite — буровой раствор, утяжелённый баритом
kill weight drilling mud — буровой раствор для глушения скважины; буровой раствор, уравновешивающий пластовое давление
nonpolluting oil drilling mud — буровой раствор на углеводородной основе, не загрязняющий окружающей среды
relaxed filtrate oil drilling mud — буровой раствор на углеводородной основе с частично фильтрующейся углеводородной фазой
tannic-acid treated drilling mud — буровой раствор, содержащий дубильную кислоту
thin clay drilling mud — малоглинистый буровой раствор,
to heavy up drilling mud — утяжелять буровой раствор;
to make up drilling mud into a well — доливать буровой раствор в скважину;
to reclaim liquid drilling mud — регенерировать жидкую фазу бурового раствора;
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1) буровой раствор; промывочная жидкость; глинистый раствор2) буровая грязь ()•to control properties of drilling mud — регулировать свойства бурового раствора;
to heavy up drilling mud — утяжелять буровой раствор;
to make up drilling mud into a well — доливать буровой раствор в скважину;
to mud off — глинизировать стенки скважины; закупоривать проницаемый () пласт; закупоривать продуктивный горизонт;
to reclaim liquid drilling mud — регенерировать жидкую фазу бурового раствора;
to stabilize drilling mud — стабилизировать свойства бурового раствора;
mud to surface — восходящий поток бурового раствора;
- acid-cut mudto mud up — глинизировать; подавать буровой раствор, добавлять буровой раствор (); переходить на промывку скважины буровым раствором ( после бурения с продувкой воздухом)
- aerated drilling mud
- agitated drilling mud
- alkaline drilling mud
- alkaline-lignite drilling mud
- aluminate clay drilling mud
- aluminate drilling mud
- aqueous base drilling mud
- aqueous clay base drilling mud
- aqueous drilling mud
- attapulgite-salt water drilling mud
- bacteriostatic drilling mud
- base mud
- base clay drilling mud
- bentonitic drilling mud
- biopolimer drilling mud
- bitumen-line drilling mud
- bore mud
- borehole mud
- boring mud
- brackish water drilling mud
- brine mud
- bulk mud
- calcium-chloride drilling mud
- calcium-drilling mud
- calcium-inert drilling mud
- calcium-treated drilling mud
- carbonate drilling mud
- cement-cut mud
- chemically treated drilling mud
- chemically unstable mud
- chromate-treated drilling mud
- chrome-lignite drilling mud
- chrome-lignosulfonate drilling mud
- circulating drilling mud
- clay mud
- clay-chemical drilling mud
- clayless drilling mud
- clean mud
- coagulated drilling mud
- colloidal drilling mud
- condensate-cut mud
- conditional drilling mud
- conditioned drilling mud
- conductive mud
- contaminated drilling mud
- conventional mud
- cooled drilling mud
- corrosive drilling mud
- cut mud
- cuttings-laden drilling mud
- degassed drilling mud
- diesel-oil drilling mud
- displacement drilling mud
- driller's mud
- drilling mud
- drilling mud immune to salt
- drilling mud resistant to bacterial attack
- drilling mud weighted barite
- dry mud
- electrically conductive mud
- emulsified drilling mud
- emulsion drilling mud
- extra-heavy drilling mud
- fine-particle drilling mud
- fluffy mud
- fresh-drilling mud
- fresh water-base drilling mud
- gas-and-oil-cut mud
- gas-cut drilling mud
- gas-saturated drilling mud
- gassy drilling mud
- gel mud
- gelled drilling mud
- gel-water mud
- gyp mud
- gypsum drilling mud
- gypsum-treated drilling mud
- harmful drilling mud
- heat-resistant drilling mud
- heavily gas-cut mud
- heavily oil-and-gas-cut mud
- heavily oil-cut drilling mud
- heavily water-cut mud
- heavy mud
- high alkalinity drilling mud
- high lime content drilling mud
- high pH drilling mud
- high salinity oil mud
- high solids mud
- high viscosity drilling mud
- highly corrosive drilling mud
- highly mineralized drilling mud
- hole mud
- humate-silicate drilling mud
- humate-sodium chromate drilling mud
- hydrocarbon-base drilling mud
- influx-contaminated mud
- inhibited drilling mud
- inhibitor drilling mud
- inverted emulsion mud
- invert-emulsion mud
- invert-oil mud
- junk mud
- kill mud
- kill weight drilling mud
- light-weight drilling mud
- lightened drilling mud
- light-weight mud
- lignite drilling mud
- lignosulphonate drilling mud
- lime mud
- lime-base drilling mud
- limed drilling mud
- lime-treated drilling mud
- liquid mud
- loaded mud
- low-alkalinity drilling mud
- low-colloid mud
- low-fluid loss mud
- low-lime content drilling mud
- low-mineralized drilling mud
- low-pH drilling mud
- low-solids drilling mud
- low-viscosity drilling mud
- low-water-loss drilling mud
- mature drilling mud
- medium-viscosity drilling mud
- minimum solids drilling mud
- native mud
- natural mud
- nonconductive mud
- nonpolluting oil drilling mud
- nonradioactive mud
- nonsaline drilling mud
- nontoxic oil drilling mud
- nonweighted mud
- oil-and-gas-cut mud
- oil-and-sulfur water-cut mud
- oil-base drilling mud
- oil-continuous mud
- oil-cut mud
- oil-emulsion drilling mud
- oil-in-water emulsion drilling mud
- overloaded drilling mud
- polymer drilling mud
- polyphosphate drilling mud
- poor mud
- premium mud
- ready-made mud
- reconditioned drilling mud
- red drilling mud
- red lime mud
- relax fluid loss mud
- relaxed filtrate oil drilling mud
- return mud
- returning drilling mud
- rotary mud
- saline drilling mud
- salt-base mud
- salt-inert drilling mud
- salt-resistant drilling mud
- salt-water-base drilling mud
- salty mud
- sand-laden mud
- saturated salt-water drilling mud
- saturated salt-water-starch drilling mud
- seawater drilling mud
- shale-control mud
- shale-laden mud
- silicate drilling mud
- silicate drilling mud with sodium chloride
- silicate-soda drilling mud
- slightly gas-cut mud
- slightly oil-and-gas-cut mud
- sludge drilling mud
- solid-free drilling mud
- spud drilling mud
- stabilized drilling mud
- starch-lime drilling mud
- stiff foam aerated mud
- surfactant drilling mud
- tagged drilling mud
- tannic-acid treated drilling mud
- thermostable drilling mud
- thick drilling mud
- thickened drilling mud
- thin mud
- thin clay drilling mud
- thinned drilling mud
- toxic drilling mud
- tracer drilling mud
- treated drilling mud
- untreated drilling mud
- very heavily oil-cut mud
- very slight gas-cut mud
- waste mud
- water mud
- water-base drilling mud
- water-base oil-emulsion drilling mud
- water-bentonite-base mud
- water-cut mud
- water starch high pH drilling mud
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1. n асфальт2. n битум3. a асфальтовый4. v покрывать асфальтом, асфальтироватьСинонимический ряд:pavement (noun) asphalt track; bitumen; cement; concrete; highway surface; mortar; pavement; roadbed; roadway; speedway; tar -
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1. n уроженецcertain sounds are sayable only by native speakers — некоторые звуки могут произносить только местные уроженцы
2. n коренной житель3. n пренебр. часто туземец; абориген4. n австрал. местный уроженец5. n южно-афр. туземец6. n местное растение или животноеthe kangaroo is a native of Australia — родина кенгуру — Австралия
7. n человек, родившийся под определённой звездой8. n устрица с искусственной устричной банки9. n ист. родившийся рабом, раб по рождению10. a роднойhis native town — город, где он родился
11. a родившийсяnative Frenchmen — французы, родившиеся во Франции
12. a принадлежащий по праву рождения13. a туземныйnative policy — политика в отношении туземного населения колонии; колониальная политика
14. a местныйnative plants — местные, аборигенные растения
15. a чистый, самородный16. a необработанный, неочищенный17. a естественный; дикий18. a прирождённый, врождённый, природныйnative ability — врождённый талант; природная способность
19. a присущий, свойственный20. a биол. аборигенный21. a геол. материнскийСинонимический ряд:1. domestic (adj.) domestic; home; internal; intestine; municipal; national2. inborn (adj.) congenital; connate; connatural; fundamental; hereditary; implanted; inborn; inbred; ingrained; inherent; inherited; innate; inwrought; unacquired3. indigenous (adj.) aboriginal; autochthonous; endemic; genuine; indigenous; local; original; primary; primeval; primitive; real; unadorned4. native born (adj.) belonging; native born; related5. unrefined (adj.) crude; impure; raw; run-of-mine; ungraded; unprocessed; unrefined; unsorted6. wild (adj.) agrarian; agrestal; natural; uncultivated; undomesticated; wild7. primitive (noun) aborigine; ancient; autochthon; man of old; natural; primitive; savage8. resident (noun) citizen; indigene; inhabitant; national; residentАнтонимический ряд:assumed; decorated; extraneous; extrinsic; foreign; foreigner; immigrant; learned; stranger; unnatural -
24 boiler
- boiler
- n1. бойлер, водонагреватель, подогреватель сетевой воды, водогрейный котёл
2. отопительный котёл; парогенератор
- automatic boiler
- balanced flue boiler
- bitumen boiler
- central heating boiler
- closed circuit boiler
- coal-fired boiler
- combination boiler
- condensating boiler
- convertible boiler
- cross-tube vertical boiler
- direct-vent gas boiler
- domestic boiler
- dual fuel boiler
- electrode boiler
- fire-tube boiler
- gas boiler
- gravity feed boiler
- heating boiler
- high pressure boiler
- horizontal boiler
- hot water boiler
- independent boiler
- multifuel boiler
- natural circulation boiler
- oil-fired boiler
- packaged boiler
- pressure-fired boiler
- pulverized-coal fired boiler
- range boiler
- sectional boiler
- shell type boiler
- solid fuel boiler
- standby boiler
- steam boiler
- summer boiler
- vertical boiler
- waste heat boiler
- water-tube boiler
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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4) сил. глиняная масса; керамическая масса•to make up drilling mud into a well — доливать буровой раствор в скважину;to reclaim liquid drilling mud — регенерировать жидкую фазу бурового раствора;to stabilize drilling mud — стабилизировать свойства бурового раствора-
aerated drilling mud
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alkaline drilling mud
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aluminate drilling mud
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aqueous base drilling mud
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aqueous clay base drilling mud
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attapulgite-salt water drilling mud
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bentonite drilling mud
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biopolymer drilling mud
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bitumen-line drilling mud
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calcium chloride drilling mud
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calcium drilling mud
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chromate-treated drilling mud
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chrome lignosulfonate drilling mud
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chrome-lignite drilling mud
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clay drilling mud
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clayless drilling mud
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diesel oil drilling mud
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drilling mud
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emulsion drilling mud
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fresh drilling mud
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gas-cut drilling mud
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gelled drilling mud
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gypsum drilling mud
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gyp drilling mud
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heavily oil-cut drilling mud
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high-lime content drilling mud
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high-lime drilling mud
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inverted-emulsion drilling mud
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invert-emulsion drilling mud
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kill weight drilling mud
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kill drilling mud
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lignosulfonate drilling mud
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loaded mud
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low-lime content drilling mud
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low-lime drilling mud
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low-solids drilling mud
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natural drilling mud
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nonpolluting oil drilling mud
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oil-base drilling mud
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oil drilling mud
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oil-emulsion drilling mud
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polyphosphate drilling mud
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red drilling mud
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relaxed filtrate oil drilling mud
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salty mud
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silicate drilling mud
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soft mud
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spud drilling mud
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wastewater mud
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1) топливо
2) горючее
3) мазутный
4) тепловыделяющий
5) топливный
6) топливодобывающий
7) запасаться топливом
8) заправлять горючим
9) загрузочный
– ash-free fuel
– automotive fuel
– back-up fuel
– brick fuel
– bunker fuel
– burn off fuel
– commercial fuel
– cut off fuel supply
– depletion of fuel
– diesel fuel
– dope fuel
– doped fuel
– dump fuel
– equivalent fuel
– feed fuel
– flexible fuel
– fossil fuel
– fuel additive
– fuel anode
– fuel atom
– fuel atomization
– fuel bed
– fuel bell
– fuel breeding
– fuel bunker
– fuel can
– fuel can nozzle
– fuel cell
– fuel cladding
– fuel consumption
– fuel detonates
– fuel dispensing
– fuel economy
– fuel electrode
– fuel element
– fuel feed
– fuel filter
– fuel gas
– fuel gauge
– fuel injection
– fuel injector
– fuel jet
– fuel line
– fuel nozzle
– fuel oil
– fuel oil tank
– fuel practice
– fuel preparation
– fuel pump
– fuel pumping
– fuel rate
– fuel regeneration
– fuel resistance
– fuel saving
– fuel ship
– fuel supply
– fuel supplying
– fuel system
– fuel tank
– fuel up
– fuel valve
– fuel vaporizer
– gas fuel
– high-calorific fuel
– high-grade fuel
– high-octane fuel
– hydrocarbon fuel
– hydrogen fuel
– inject fuel
– jet engine fuel
– jet fuel
– jettison fuel
– light fuel
– liquid fuel
– low-ash fuel
– low-calorie fuel
– low-grade fuel
– main fuel
– moisture-free fuel
– natural fuel
– premium fuel
– prepared fuel
– regular fuel
– remaining fuel
– rocket fuel
– safety fuel
– shale fuel
– solid fuel
– spill fuel
– standard fuel
– starting fuel
– storage of fuel
– thicken fuel
– tractor fuel
– transfer fuel
automatic fuel distributor — <engin.> распределитель топлива автоматический
coated fuel particle — <engin.> микротвел
duplex fuel nozzle — <engin.> форсунка двухступенчатая
fuel assembly casing — <engin.> чехол тепловыделяющей сборки
fuel booster pump — <aeron.> насос топливный подкачивающий
relative fuel supply — < rocket> запас топлива относительный
zero fuel weight — <transp.> вес без топлива
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1) бойлер, подогреватель сетевой воды, водогрейный котёл2) парогенератор, отопительный котёл3) испаритель4) реторта•- balanced flue boiler - barrel boiler - centre boiler - circulation boiler - direct flow boiler - efficiency of boiler - fire-box boiler - fire-tube boiler - flue boiler - gas-fired boiler - gas-pipe boiler - gas-tube boiler - hot water boiler - multiflue boiler - pitch boiler - range boiler - return flame boiler - return flue boiler - return tubular boiler - sectional boiler - steam boiler - steam heating boiler - water boiler - water-tube boiler* * *1. бойлер, водонагреватель, подогреватель сетевой воды, водогрейный котёл2. отопительный котёл; парогенератор- automatic boiler
- balanced flue boiler
- bitumen boiler
- central heating boiler
- closed circuit boiler
- coal-fired boiler
- combination boiler
- condensating boiler
- convertible boiler
- cross-tube vertical boiler
- direct-vent gas boiler
- domestic boiler
- dual fuel boiler
- electrode boiler
- fire-tube boiler
- gas boiler
- gravity feed boiler
- heating boiler
- high pressure boiler
- horizontal boiler
- hot water boiler
- independent boiler
- multifuel boiler
- natural circulation boiler
- oil-fired boiler
- packaged boiler
- pressure-fired boiler
- pulverized-coal fired boiler
- range boiler
- sectional boiler
- shell type boiler
- solid fuel boiler
- standby boiler
- steam boiler
- summer boiler
- vertical boiler
- waste heat boiler
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28 paint
1) краска; окраска2) ( сухой) пигмент4) красить; окрашивать; раскрашивать•- acid-resistant paint - acoustic paint - aerosol spray-on paint - alkyd paint - aluminium paint - anticondensation paint - anticorrosive paint - antifouling paint - asbest-based paint - asbestos paint - bactericidal paint - bituminous paint - boiled oil paint - brick and concrete paint - brineproof paint - building paint - cement paint - cement-water paint - chameleon paint - coloured paint - commercial paint - concrete paint - construction paint - daylight luminous paint - decorative paint - disinfectant paint - distemper paint - emulsion paint - enamel paint - engineer's paint - epoxy paint - exterior house paint - fatty paint - finishing paint - fire-retardant paint - gloss paint - gouache paint - ground coat paint - heat indicating paint - heat resistant paint - heavy-bodied paint - hiding paint - house paint - indelible paint - indoor paint - insecticidal paint - latex paint - lead paint - luminous paint - masking paint - mineral paint - natural paint - neoprene paint - oil-base paint - opaque paint - outdoor paint - oven-baked polyester paint - paste paint - prepared paint - prime paint - priming paint - protection paint - quick-drying paint - quickly-drying paint - ready-mixed paint - red-lead paint - reflectorized paint - road paint - roadway paint - roof paint - sample paints - ship bottom paint - shop paint - sound-deadening paint - thermosensitive paint - traffic paint - varnish paint - vinyl paint - water paint - watercolour paint - waterglass paint - water-thinned paint - waterproof paint - weatherproof paint - white-lead paint - wood paintto formulate paint — составлять краску, подбирать колер
* * *краска, красящий состав- absorbent paintpaints mixed on the site — краски, приготовленные на стройплощадке
- acid-resistant paint
- acoustical paint
- acoustic paint
- aerosol paint
- alkali-resistant paint
- alkyd paint
- aluminum paint
- anechoic paint
- anticondensation paint
- anticorrosive paint
- antifouling paint
- antinoise paint
- antirust paint
- antislip paint
- asbest-base paint
- asphalt paint
- bactericidal paint
- bitumastic paint
- bitumen paint
- casein paint
- cement paint
- ceramic paint
- chlorinated rubber paint
- concrete paint
- emulsion paint
- enamel paint
- epoxy paint
- fast-to-light paint
- fatty paint
- fire-retardant paint
- flat paint
- floor paint
- fluorescent paint
- gloss paint
- glue water paint
- graphite paint
- gun-sprayed paint
- heat-resistant paint
- heavy-bodied paint
- latex emulsion paint
- linseed oil paint
- luminous paint
- marine paint
- metallic paint
- microporous paint
- neoprene paint
- oil paint
- paste paint
- phenolic paint
- quick-drying paint
- ready-mixed paint
- ready-mix paint
- red lead paint
- resin emulsion paint
- roof paint
- rubber-emulsion paint
- silicate paint
- size paint
- sound-absorbing paint
- traffic paint
- trim paint
- two-coat paint
- vinyl paint
- water base paint
- water paint
- water glass paint
- waterproof paint
- white paint
- white lead paint
- white lime paint
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1) лак; олифа; глазурь2) лакировка, покрытие лаком4) лакировать•varnish for putty — лак для шпатлёвки, шпатлёвочный лак
- acrylic varnish - alcoholic varnish - alkaliproof varnish - alligator cracking varnish - alligatoring varnish - amber varnish - antirust varnish - asphalt varnish - baking varnish - bituminous varnish - black varnish - drying varnish - epoxy varnish - epoxy-bitumen varnish - flat varnish - floor varnish - french varnish - impregnating varnish - insulating varnish - japan varnish - long oil varnish - oil varnish - outdoor varnish - parquet varnish - pattern varnish - priming varnish - rubbing varnish - shellac varnish - short varnish - short oil varnish - spirit varnish - synthetic varnish - unfast varnish - waterproof varnish - wood varnish - wrinkled varnishto apply a varnish by roller — наносить лаковое покрытие валиком, накатом
* * *лак- asphalt varnish
- baking varnish
- black varnish
- clear varnish
- flooring varnish
- floor varnish
- gloss varnish
- mat varnish
- natural varnish
- oil varnish
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30 liquefied
1. сжиженный; ожиженный; ожижен; расплавленный; расплавлен; разжиженный; разжижен2. сжижать; сжиженныйСинонимический ряд:1. molten (adj.) fluid; fused; glowing; heated; hot; melted; molten; seething2. deliquesced (verb) deliquesced; dissolved; fluxed; fused; melted; ran; ran/run; thawed -
31 petroleum asphalt
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > petroleum asphalt
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32 asphalt
битум; битумный -
33 air blown asphalt
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > air blown asphalt
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34 air-blown asphalt
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > air-blown asphalt
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35 blown asphalt
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > blown asphalt
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36 cut-back asphalt
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > cut-back asphalt
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37 oil asphalt
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > oil asphalt
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38 oxidated asphalt
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > oxidated asphalt
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39 rock asphalt
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > rock asphalt
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40 roofing asphalt
асфальт для пропитки кровельных материалов; битум для пропитки кровельных материаловThe English-Russian dictionary general scientific > roofing asphalt
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Bitumen — is a mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky, entirely soluble in carbon disulfide, and composed primarily of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Naturally occurring or crude bitumen is a sticky, tar like… … Wikipedia
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BITUMEN — (Heb. חֵמָר, hemar and כֹּפֶר, kofer; LXX), a black, flammable substance which becomes viscous and absorbent on heating. It occurs in almost every part of the world, including Mesopotamia, Iran, and Israel, and is found in various natural forms:… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Bitumen — Bi*tu men, n. [L. bitumen: cf. F. bitume. Cf. {B[ e]ton}.] 1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bitumen — [bi to͞o′mən, bīto͞o′mən; bityo͞o′mən, bītyo͞o′mən] n. [L < Celt (or ? Oscan Umbrian) < IE * gwet , resin > Sans jatu, gum, Bret bezuen, birch] 1. Obs. asphalt found in a natural state 2. any of various black, combustible, solid to… … English World dictionary
bitumen — bituminoid /buy tooh meuh noyd , tyooh , bi /, adj. /buy tooh meuhn, tyooh , bi , bich oo /, n. 1. any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, or gilsonite, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. 2. (formerly) an asphalt of Asia Minor used … Universalium
bitumen — noun /ˈbɪtjumɛn/ a) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew’s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the… … Wiktionary
bitumen — /ˈbɪtʃəmən / (say bichuhmuhn) noun 1. any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, etc., consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, and used in surfacing roads, roofing, etc. 2. a brown tar or asphalt like substance used in painting. –phrase 3 …
bitumen — noun Etymology: Middle English bithumen mineral pitch, from Latin bitumin , bitumen Date: 15th century 1. an asphalt of Asia Minor used in ancient times as a cement and mortar 2. any of various mixtures of hydrocarbons (as tar) often together… … New Collegiate Dictionary
bitumen — bi•tu•men [[t]baɪˈtu mən, ˈtyu , bɪ , ˈbɪtʃ ʊ [/t]] n. 1) chem. any of various natural substances, as asphalt, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons 2) chem. bui (formerly) an asphalt of Asia Minor used as cement and mortar • Etymology: 1425–75; late … From formal English to slang