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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Any deviation from straightness in a piece of lumber.






2. Wood from coniferous (cone-bearing) trees.






3. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.






4. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






5. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.






6. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.






7. The rings seen when viewing a cross-section of a tree trunk; each ring constitutes one year of tree growth.






8. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.






9. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'






10. Lumber defect in wood.






11. A defect in lumber caused by cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.






12. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.






13. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.






14. A type of warp in which the edge of a lumber is not straight.






15. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.






16. Bands of cells radiating from the cambium layer to the pith of a tree to transport nourishment toward the center.






17. Numbers and letters used to rank wood according to quality.






18. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.






19. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.






20. A type of warp in which the side of a board is curved from edge to edge.






21. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.






22. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.






23. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.






24. Bark - or lack of wood - on the edge of lumber.






25. The wood in the inner part of a tree - usually darker and containing inactive cells.






26. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.






27. The portion of wood that contains the first seven to fifteen growth rings of a log. They are located in the pith.






28. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.






29. Any deviation from straightness in a piece of lumber.






30. A type of warp in which the edge of a lumber is not straight.






31. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.






32. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.






33. The rings seen when viewing a cross-section of a tree trunk; each ring constitutes one year of tree growth.






34. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.






35. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.






36. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.






37. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.






38. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.






39. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain lumber.






40. The amount of moisture in wood expressed as a percentage of the dry weight.






41. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.






42. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.






43. The wood of broad-leaved dictyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).






44. Numbers and letters used to rank wood according to quality.






45. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.






46. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.






47. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.






48. A type of warp in which the side of a board is curved from edge to edge.






49. Trees that shed leaves each year.






50. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.