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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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