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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






2. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Trees that shed leaves each year.






29. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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