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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






4. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






6. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






22. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






24. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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