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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






34. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






37. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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