2) staple 1. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A principal raw material or commodity grown or produced in a region. 2. A major item of trade in steady demand. 3. A basic dietary item, such as flour, rice, or...

3) raw material. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...natural product used in manufacture. 2. Unprocessed material of any kind: These data are the raw material for the analysis....

4) price support. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Maintenance of prices, as of a raw material or commodity, at a certain level usually through public subsidy or government intervention....

5) fodder. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw. 2. Raw material, as for artistic creation. 3. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that...

6) catechu. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...having bipinnately compound leaves, spikes of yellow flowers, and dark heartwood. b. A raw material obtained from the heartwood of this plant, used in the preparation...

7) ferroalloy. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...alloys of iron and one or more other elements, such as manganese or silicon, used as a raw material in the production of steel....

8) manufacture. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: manˇuˇfacˇtured, manˇuˇfacˇturˇing, manˇuˇfacˇtures1a. To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale...

9) coal tar. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...distillation of coal and used as a roofing, waterproofing, and insulating compound and as a raw material for many dyes, drugs, and paints....

10) petroleum. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...naphtha, kerosene, fuel and lubricating oils, paraffin wax, and asphalt and is used as raw material for a wide variety of derivative products. Middle English, from...