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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






12. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






37. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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