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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






26. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






42. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






46. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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