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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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1. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






3. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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







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