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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






11. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






15. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






31. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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