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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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