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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






2. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Trees that shed leaves each year.






37. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






39. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






42. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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