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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






46. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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