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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






44. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






49. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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