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






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






4. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Lumber defect in wood.






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






46. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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