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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






11. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






13. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






14. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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