grain

5 letters in word "grain": A G I N R.

Anagrams of grain:

• agrin

• garni

Words found within grain:

ag agin ai ain air airn an ani ar gain gair gan gar gi gin girn gnar gran grin in na nag rag ragi rai rain ran rang rani ria rig rin ring

• Definitions:
• a small hard particle; "a grain of sand" foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat ingrain: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn granulate: form into grains granulate: become granular the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
• GRAIN is an international non-governmental organization based in Barcelona, Spain, which works toward sustainable agriculture. It was formed upon the realization that the genetic diversity of the world's food crops has been drastically eliminated. ...
• Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible grains or seeds (technically a type of fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop. ...
• Grain is a stream cipher designed for restricted hardware environments and submitted to eSTREAM in 2004 by Martin Hell, Thomas Johansson and Willi Meier. It has been selected as Phase 2 Focus Candidate for Profile 2 by the eSTREAM project. Grain accepts an 80-bit key and 64-bit IV. ...
• A grain (symbol: gr) is a unit of mass now equal to exactly 64.79891 milligrams, in all English mass and weight systems (avoirdupois, Apothecaries’ and troy).
• The direction in which the grass on a putting lies after it has been shortly cut
• The angle at which the grass of a green grows. Putting "against the grain" requires more effort than "with the grain."
• Direction in which most of the fibers lie in a finished sheet of paper. Paper folds more easily with the grain. It offers greater resistance to being torn across the grain, and demonstrates greater tensile strength in the direction of the grain.
• (1) The direction that the fibres in a sheet of paper run. Indicative of the direction in which paper is made on a paper machine.
• the direction in which fibers are aligned
• The direction, size, arrangement, appearance, or quality of the fibers in wood.
• The alignment of the cells relative to the long axis of the tree, straight, diagonal, interlocked and wavy grain.
• The earliest known unit of weight and was originally one grain of wheat or barley. It is equal to 0.0648 grams troy and 24 grains are equivalent to one pennyweight. There are 480 grains in a troy ounce, and 437.5 grains in an Avoirdupois ounce.
• in papermaking, the direction in which most fibers lie, which corresponds with the direction the paper is formed on the mill machinery. Paper folds easily when folded with the grain and it folds poorly and creates a rougher edge when folded against the grain.
• An individual crystal in a polycrystalline metal or alloy.
• The pattern embossed into the vinyl panel, simulating wood grain.
• A word used to describe the natural characteristics of a watch strap that has been manufactured using an unprocessed hide, such as its pores, wrinkles, markings, and texture.
• The seeds of grass-type plants (barley, oats,wheat, etc), which can be used for grinding into flour for baking, or can be malted for use in brewing. Some unmalted grains are also used in brewing certain types of beer.
• The lengthwise and crosswise threads of a woven fabric. A grainline arrow, printed on a pattern, helps you properly place your pattern on the fabric.
• The grain direction of board refers to the direction of the majority of the fibres in the board. The significance of the grain direction is that board can only be curved in one direction and not the other.
• The side of the leather that had the hair, ie the outside. Full grain has the original surface, whereas corrected grain has been abraded to make the leather smoother and more uniform. It is regarded for its soft, grainy texture and appearance.
• The direction, size, arrangement, appearance, or quality of the fibers in sawn wood. Straight grain is used to describe lumber where the fibers and other longitudinal elements run parallel to the axis of the piece.
• A general term referring to the arrangement, appearance, and direction of wood fibers. Among the many types of grain are fine, coarse, straight, curly, open, flat, vertical, and spiral. In paper making, the predominant direction in which the fibers are aligned.
• Refers to the direction of the threads in the woven fabric. It is either straight, cross or bias. Fabric that is on-grain is cut with the threads going up/down with the original weave of the fabric (the warp). This is the least stretchy direction of a fabric weave. ...
• 1/4 of a carat; 1ct = 4 grains
• Paper fibers lie in a similar direction in a sheet of paper. This direction is called the grain. Printing is usually done so that if folding is required, the fold is done parallel to the grain.
• unit of mass. The English grain was equal to 1/7000 the mass of a pound avoirdupois, or 0.0648 grams; the French grain was 1/9216 of a livre or about 0.0531 grams. For late 18 th -century French system, see livre. [J. Davy, Lavoisier, Priestley, Proust]
• Granules of metal usually derived from melting sponge and pouring the molten metal into water.
• To prepare a lithographic stone by grinding the surface with an abrasive in order to get desired texture. top
• The massing of the silver particles in a photographic emulsion that produces a coarse or speckled look in a picture, particularly noticeable in more uniform tones. Generally, the faster the film the more visible its grain.

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