425. Wood
See also 319. PLANTS ; 401. TREES
- hylephobia
- an intense dislike for wood.
- hylomania
- a mania for wood.
- joinery
- the skill, craft, or trade of a joiner or carpenter; woodworking. — joiner , n.
- lignification
- the process of turning into wood or becoming woodlike.
- marquetry
- a form of decoration, often used in furniture-making, composed of inlays of wood veneers of different colors.
- parquetry
- mosaic work in wood, a form of marquetry, used mostly for floors and wainscoting.
- poker painting
- xylopyrography.
- turnery
- the process or craft of fashioning wood on a lathe.
- xylology
- a branch of dendrology that studies the structure of wood.
- xylomancy
- a form of divination involving small pieces of wood.
- xylopyrography
- the art or technique of producing a picture or design on a piece of wood by burning it with a heated, pointed instrument. Also called poker painting .
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