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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.






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






3. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.






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






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






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






7. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






22. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.






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






24. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.






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






26. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The natural glue in wood that holds together the wood cells and fibers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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