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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Lumber defect in wood.






8. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






9. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






11. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






16. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The best grade of hardwood lumber.