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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






27. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






48. Lumber defect in wood.






49. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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