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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab
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1. A type of warp in which the side of a board is curved from edge to edge.
Warp
Cup
Knots
Twist
2. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.
Pith
Wane
Coniferous
Dimension lumber
3. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.
Equilibrium moisture content
Moisture meter
Board foot
No. 1 common
4. A defect in lumber caused by cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.
Stickering
Sawyer
Bow
Knots
5. The wood of broad-leaved dictyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).
Moisture content
Hardwoods
Seasoned lumber
Seasoned lumber
6. Lumber defect in wood.
Lumber grades
Twist
Shake
Juvenile wood
7. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.
Bow
Shake
Medullary ray
Crook
8. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.
Moisture content
Shake
Air-dried
Cup
9. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'
Plain-sawed
Dimension lumber
First and seconds
Twist
10. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain lumber.
Annular rings
Quarter-sawed
Seasoned lumber
Pitch pocket
11. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.
Plain-sawed
Green lumber
Fiber-saturation point
Pitch pocket
12. The best grade of hardwood lumber.
Juvenile wood
Lignin
First and seconds
Plain-sawed
13. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.
Twist
Stickering
Lignin
Medullary ray
14. The wood in the inner part of a tree - usually darker and containing inactive cells.
Shake
Twist
Knots
Heartwood
15. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.
Twist
Sawyer
Lumber
Green lumber
16. The amount of moisture in wood expressed as a percentage of the dry weight.
Crook
Lumber
Board foot
Moisture content
17. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.
Crook
Shake
Green lumber
Equilibrium moisture content
18. Bands of cells radiating from the cambium layer to the pith of a tree to transport nourishment toward the center.
Sawyer
Fiber-saturation point
First and seconds
Medullary ray
19. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.
Medullary ray
Lumber
Air-dried
Pith
20. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.
No. 1 common
Shake
Cambium layer
Wane
21. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.
Cambium layer
Lumber grades
Green lumber
Shake
22. Lumber defect in wood.
Twist
Sawyer
Bow
Pith
23. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.
Plain-sawed
Annular rings
Sawyer
Bow
24. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.
Timber
Air-dried
Bow
Lignin
25. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.
Grade
Stickering
Equilibrium moisture content
Sapwood
26. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.
Quarter-sawed
Deciduous
Cup
Bow
27. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.
First and seconds
Fiber-saturation point
Bow
Green lumber
28. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.
Juvenile wood
Equilibrium moisture content
Sapwood
Pitch pocket
29. A defect in lumber caused by cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.
First and seconds
Knots
Cambium layer
Pith
30. Wood from coniferous (cone-bearing) trees.
Lumber
Softwood
Coniferous
Equilibrium moisture content
31. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Bow
Seasoned lumber
Crook
Sawyer
32. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.
Board foot
No. 1 common
Stickering
Coniferous
33. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.
First and seconds
Grade
Dimension lumber
Green lumber
34. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.
Equilibrium moisture content
Softwood
No. 1 common
Lumber grades
35. The portion of wood that contains the first seven to fifteen growth rings of a log. They are located in the pith.
Medullary ray
Juvenile wood
Knots
Dimension lumber
36. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.
Juvenile wood
Board
Quarter-sawed
Moisture content
37. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Medullary ray
Seasoned lumber
Annular rings
Moisture meter
38. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.
Cambium layer
No. 1 common
Timber
Moisture meter
39. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.
Sapwood
Lignin
Stickering
Coniferous
40. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.
Kiln-dried
Annular rings
Shake
Pith
41. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.
Quarter-sawed
Equilibrium moisture content
Timber
Sapwood
42. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.
Lumber grades
Kiln-dried
Lumber
Moisture meter
43. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.
Shake
Board
Pitch pocket
Heartwood
44. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.
Shake
Juvenile wood
Fiber-saturation point
Lumber grades
45. Any deviation from straightness in a piece of lumber.
Annular rings
Softwood
Crook
Warp
46. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.
Warp
Timber
Dimension lumber
Air-dried
47. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.
Grade
Knots
Wane
Kiln-dried
48. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.
Grade
Kiln-dried
Twist
Moisture content
49. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.
Moisture content
Equilibrium moisture content
Kiln-dried
Annular rings
50. A type of warp in which the side of a board is curved from edge to edge.
Moisture content
Shake
Cup
Crook