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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






2. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






19. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






25. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






26. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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