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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






2. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






6. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






11. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






13. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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