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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






41. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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