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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Lumber defect in wood.






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






30. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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