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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.






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






3. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






4. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Trees that shed leaves each year.






26. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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