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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Trees that shed leaves each year.






17. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






47. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






49. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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