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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






37. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






40. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Lumber defect in wood.






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