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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






2. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






33. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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