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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






20. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






40. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






46. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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