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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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 used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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