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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






12. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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