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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






30. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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