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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Lumber defect in wood.






40. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






44. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






47. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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