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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






6. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






20. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






45. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






50. Lumber defect in wood.