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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






4. Trees that shed leaves each year.






5. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






18. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Lumber defect in wood.