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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






3. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






19. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






49. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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