Except for Germanium (Ge) and Antimony (Sb), all the elements to the left of that line can be classified as metals. These metals have properties that you normally associate with the metals you encounter in everyday life: They are solid (with the exception of mercury, Hg, a liquid).onmetals have properties opposite those of the metals. The nonmetals are brittle, not malleable or ductile, poor conductors of both heat and electricity, and tend to gain electrons in chemical reactions. Some nonmetals are liquids.
A bushel is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 4 pecks or 8 gallons. It is used for volumes of dry commodities, most often in agriculture. It is abbreviated as bsh. or bu.
Full Definition of DOWEL. 1. : a pin fitting into a hole in an abutting piece to prevent motion or slipping; also: a round rod or stick used especially for cutting up into dowels. 2. : a piece of wood driven into a wall so that other pieces can be nailed to it. See dowel defined for English-language learners.efinition of DOWEL for Kids. : a pin or peg used for fastening together two pieces of wood.