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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain 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. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






36. Lumber defect in wood.






37. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






40. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






41. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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