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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






19. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






29. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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