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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






14. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






19. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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