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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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






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






3. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






5. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.