ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
wood (for building); lumber; timber
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
the right person in the right place
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
raw materials; ingredients
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
basis for decision; evidence for judging
squared timber; rectangular lumber
research material; experimental material
material for experiments; experimental material
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
close coverage (of an event, celebrity, etc.); close reporting; total coverage
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
bargaining chip; bargaining tool
tools and materials; equipment and materials
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
press corps; group of reporters
product; commodity; merchandise
component; part; material; member
mill ends; lumber remnants; wood waste
man fit for the post; right person
human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training
temporary employee placement
team of reporters; news crew
good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
wall material; wall-finishing material; wallplate (e.g. in a mine)
packing material (boxes, insulation, shock resistance, etc.)
materials; lumber; timber
interviewee; subject of an interview
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
main ingredients; chief materials
advertising material; promotional material; propaganda material
natural material; natural ingredient
promotional photo (models, singers, etc.)
selection for high office; selecting of fit (talented) persons for higher positions
substrate; base material; matrix; backing; carrier
safety reflector; reflector; reflective material
matters that should be reflected on; points in need of review
temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business
on-the-spot interview by surrounding reporters
synthetic building material
material used for flower arrangement
timber from forest thinning; thinned wood
spar (pole used as a mast, yard, boom, etc.)
personnel exchange; people-to-people exchange
on-the-ground reporter; news reporter; legman
materials science and engineering
medicinal ingredient; ingredients for medicine
extraordinary talent; genius; prodigy
heat insulating material; lagging material
promotional material; advertising material; propaganda material
big piece of timber; very talented person; person of outstanding ability
acoustic material; acoustic absorbent material
solid wood (as opposed to veneer); natural wood
good material; good timber; able persons
coolant (in a nuclear reactor)
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
fender (on a boat); bumper (on a dock, pier, etc.)
gift with a new newspaper subscription
supplementary (teaching) material
new material; exotic material
lumber (for the ribs of a ship)
adverse stock market factor; bearish market factor; negative factor
boom (navigational barrier); chain
welding base metal; parent metal; base material (in construction, etc.)
overseas reporting; covering a story abroad
ingredients; list of ingredients
human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD
source (for a news article, etc.)
remaining material; left-over material
lumbering (sawing) industry
filter medium; filter material
equipment room; equipment store (storage space)
elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone (something)
reporting location; news-gathering site; the scene
filler metal (in welding); filler material
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
appropriate use of human resources; personnel utilization
artificial wood; faux wood
doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response
superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing grand strategies
exterior finish material; exterior wall material
domestic timber; domestically produced lumber
able person; person of talent
American (and-or Canadian) wood
re-used wooden materials; recycled furnishings
highly skilled professionals (esp. as category of immigrants); highly talented personnel
foreign timber; imported lumber
secondary material; subsidiary material
wood used to make charcoal
solvent; solution; flux; hot charge
polymeric material; polymer
Division of Ceramics in Medicine, Biology and Biomimetics
Research Center for Human Resource and Technology
Division of Materials Science and Technology
mechanics of materials; material mechanics
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials
nonstructural element; nonstructural member
audiovisual educational materials
media resource centre; resource centre
courseware; teaching program
International Tropical Timber Organization
American Society for Testing Materials; ASTM
quaternary material (e.g. semiconductor)
ternary material (e.g. semiconductor)
Japan Research Institute of Material Technology
laminated wood; laminated lumber
breathable-waterproof material; waterproof-breathable fabric
positive electrode material
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting
tree-free paper; wood-free paper
split log; split timber; mixer (for an alcoholic drink)
fire resistive covering material
horizontal structural members (beams, girders, etc.) of a building
parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached
building material; construction material
wood-decay fungus; xylophagous fungus
pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
deadwood; useless person; useless ability; I; me