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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






7. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






21. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






33. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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