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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. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.






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






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






5. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






10. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






13. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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