Word: uncastable
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When death put an end to his indecision in 1917, nearly 150 uncast statues were found in his studio, half of them already broken. The rest were sent to the Hébrard Foundry to be cast after World War I. Twenty-two bronzes were made of each figure, but with such exquisite care that the originals survived unharmed. Such studies as Dancer Putting on Her Stocking (see cut), only 18 inches high, show what could have been lost. Working freely and using broken paintbrush handles and odd bits of wire for stiffening, the artist molded a quick study...
...other is absent. A and B are paired. A is absent. B will not vote. But C, on B's side, is also absent but unpaired. B arranges to transfer his pair with A to C and then is free to vote, while the uncast votes of A and C cancel themselves out in the total...
Synthetic resins (like Zalmite) are basically a chemical synthesis of phenol (carbolic acid), formaldehyde and some form of nitrogen. Wood flour is used as a filler. Zalmite is rendered light and porous by sending a blast of air through the soft uncast material...