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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






15. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






19. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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