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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






2. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






48. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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