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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






43. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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