| alcohol | álcool |
| aluminum | alumínio |
| ashes | cinzas = cinders |
| block | bloco de laje |
| brick | tijolo |
| building material | material (construção) |
| carbon | carbono |
| cement | cimento; cement mixer = misturador de cimento |
| china, chinaware | porcelana |
| cloth | tecido = fabric; table-cloth = toalha de mesa |
| coal | carvão; coal oil = querosene; coal pit = mina de carvão |
| copper | cobre |
| cork | cortiça |
| cotton | algodão |
| diamond | diamante |
| dust | pó, poeira = powder |
| fabric | tecido = cloth |
| fiber | fibra = a slender filament; fiber optics = fibra ótica; fiber-optic cable = cabo de fibra ótica |
| fuel | combustível |
| gas | gasolina |
| glass | vidro |
| gold | ouro; gold mine = mina de ouro |
| grease / grease (to) | gordura; graxa / lubrificar; engraxar |
| ink | tinta (escrever, imprimir) = colored liquid that is used for writing or printing |
| iron | ferro / cast iron = ferro fundido |
| lead | chumbo |
| leather | couro |
| liquid | líquido |
| lumber | madeira (serrada em tábuas) = timber sawed into boards ready for market; timber or logs especially when dressed for use |
| marble | mármore |
| material | material; substância = substance; raw material = matéria prima |
| metal | metal |
| oil | óleo, petróleo |
| ore | minério; iron ore = minério de ferro; to dig ore = extrair minério |
| paint | tinta (pintar) = a liquid that dries to form a thin colored layer when it is spread on a surface |
| paper | papel; paper mill = fábrica de papel; paper roll = rolo de papel; printing paper = papel de impressão; ruled paper = papel pautado; tissue paper = papel de seda; toilet paper = papel higiênico; wrapping paper = papel de embrulho; writing paper = papel para escrever |
| petroleum | petróleo = oil |
| plastic | plástico |
| poison | veneno |
| powder | pó = dust |
| rubber | borracha |
| rust / rusty | ferrugem / enferrujado |
| sand | areia |
| silk | seda |
| silver | prata |
| steam | vapor = vapor; by steam = a vapor |
| steel | aço; stainless steel = aço inoxidável |
| stone | pedra |
| straw | palha |
| substance | substância |
| timber | madeira para construção = wood suitable for building or for carpentry / madeira! (interjeição) = used as a lumberjack's call to warn others that a cut tree is about to fall |
| vapor | vapor = steam |
| velvet | veludo |
| waste matter | refugo = waste product |
| water / water (to) | água / regar |
| wax / wax (to) | cera / encerar |
| wood | madeira = the hard substance that makes up the stems and branches of trees and shrubs |
| wool | lã |
