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Term	Type of Term
fiber board	Product
acoustical materials	Product
adhesive	Product
aggregate	Product
air conditioning	General
air dried	Technical
air-entraining agents	Product
alteration	General
anchor bolts	Product
anchor straps	Product
annual rings	General
apron	General
areaway	General
asphalt	Product
astragal	Product
backband	Product
backfill	Technical
backing board	Product
balloon framing	Technical
baluster	Product
balustrade	Product
Bamboo	General
base shoe	Product
basement	General
batten	Product
batter	General
batter board	Product
bay	General
bay window	Product
beam	Product
bearing partition	General
bearing wall	General
bed molding	Product
bedding	Product
bench mark	General
bevel	General
bevel siding	General
bid	General
Bird's Eye	General
bird's mouth	General
blemish	General
blind nailing	Technical
blind stop	General
Blockboard	General
blue stain	General
board	Product
board foot	General
Bookmatching	Technical
bracket	Product
brick construction	Technical
brick molding	Product
brick veneer construction	Product
bridging	Technical
built-up roof	General
butt	General
cabinet	Product
cabinet drawer guide	Product
cabinet drawer kicker	Product
camber	General
Cane	General
cant strip	Product
cased opening	General
casein glue	Product
casement	Product
casing	Product
caulk	Product
chair rail	Product
chamfer	General
chase	General
check rails	General
cleat	General
closet pole	Product
collar beam	General
column	Product
commerical standard	General
conductors	General
conduit, electrical	General
contact cement	Product
convenience outlet	Product
cope	General
corbel out	Technical
Cork	Product
corner bead	Product
corner braces	Product
cornice	General
counterflashing	Product
cove molding	Product
cripple jack	General
cripple stud	General
cupola	General
curtain wall	General
dado	General
dead bolt	Product
dead load	General
decay	General
degree day	General
dimension lumber	Product
dimensional stability	General
direct gain system	Technical
door frame	General
door stop	General
dormer	General
drip cap	Product
drip groove	General
drop siding	General
dry rot	General
drywall	Product
eased edge	General
eaves	General
electric moisture meter	Equipment
elevation	General
equilibrium moisture content	General
escutcheon	Product
expansion joint	General
façade	General
face nail	General
factory and shop lumber	Product
fascia	Product
fenestration	General
fiber saturation point	General
fire stop	General
fire wall	General
flashing	General
flat roof	General
flue	Product
flush	General
footing	General
foundation	General
framing	General
frieze	General
furring	General
gable	General
gain	General
gambrel roof	General
girder	General
glazing	Technical
glazing compound	Product
glue block	General
grade beam	General
ground	General
ground fault interrupter	Product
grounding	Technical
grout	Product
gusset	General
gutter	Product
gypsum wallboard	Product
half story	General
Hardboard	Product
Hardwood	General
header	General
headroom	General
heartwood	General
heat transmission coefficient	General
hip roof	General
hollow core door	Product
hollow-back	General
horn	General
hose bib	General
I beam	Product
in-the-white	General
incinerator	Equipment
indirect gain system	General
insulation	Product
interior trim	General
isolated gain system	General
jack rafter	General
jalousie	Product
jamb	General
jig	General
joinery	General
joist	General
kerfing	Technical
kiln dried	General
knocked down	General
knot	General
kraft paper	Product
lally column	General
Laminates	Product
lath	Product
lazy susan	Product
leader	General
ledger	General
let in	General
level-transit	Equipment
light construction	General
Limed/Liming	Technical
lineal foot	General
lintel	General
live load	General
lock block	General
lookout	General
lumber	Product
major module	General
mansard roof	General
masonry	Product
matched lumber	Product
MDF	Product
mechanical core	General
mechanical equipment	General
medallion	Product
meeting rail	General
millwork	Product
minor module	General
modular coordination	General
moisture content	General
molding	Product
monolithic	Product
moulder	Equipment
mr (moisture resistant) wallboard	Product
mullion	Product
muntin	Product
net floor area	General
newel	General
nominal size	General
nonbearing partition	General
nosing	General
on center	General
open-grain wood	General
oriel window	General
oriented strand board	Product
parapet	General
pargeting	General
particleboard	Product
partition	General
party wall	General
passive solar construction	General
penny	General
phase-change materials	General
photosynthesis	Technical
pier	General
pilaster	General
pile	General
pitch	General
plan	General
plancier	General
plaster	General
plat	General
plate	General
platform framing	Technical
plot plan	General
plumb	General
plumbing	Technical
plumbing stack	General
plunge cutting	Technical
polystyrene panels	Product
polyvinyl resin emulsion glue	Product
portico	General
prefabricated construction	Technical
preservative (carpentry)	Product
purlins	General
push stick	General
quarter round	Product
quarter-sawed	General
quit-claim deed	General
r value	General
rabbet	General
rafter	General
rail	General
rake	General
ramp	General
Reclaimed/Antiqued	General
reinforced concrete construction	Technical
relative humidity	General
resilient	General
retaining wall	General
ribbon	General
riser	General
roll roofing	Product
roof ridge	General
roofing	Technical
rotary cut veneer	Product
rough lumber	Product
rough opening	General
roughing-in	Technical
saddle	General
sapwood	General
sash	General
scaffold	Equipment
scale	General
scantling	Product
scarfing	Technical
scotia	Product
screed	Equipment
scuttle	General
seasoning	Technical
second growth	General
section drawing	General
selvage	General
septic tank	Product
setting block	General
shakes	Product
sheathing	Product
sheathing paper	Product
shim	Product
shiplap	Product
shoring	General
shutter	Product
side of trim	General
siding	Product
sill	General
skylight	Product
sleeper	General
soffit	General
softwoods	General
soil stack	General
solar furnace	Product
solar orientation	General
sole plate	General
span	General
specific gravity	General
specification	General
splash block	General
spline	General
square	Equipment
stairway, stair, or stairs	General
stairwell	General
station mark	General
stell-frame construction	General
stepped footing	General
stickers	General
stile	General
stool	General
stoop	General
story	General
story pole	General
straightedge	General
stressed skin	General
strike plate	General
strongback	General
structural window wall panel	General
stud	General
subfloor	General
surfaced lumber	Product
tail beam	Product
termite shield	General
terrazzo flooring	Product
thermosiphon	Product
thermostat	Product
three-way switch	Product
threshold	Product
tie beam	General
timbers	Product
toe space	General
toeboard	General
toenailing	Technical
transformer	Product
transom	General
trap	General
tread	General
trim	Product
trimmer	General
trimmer stud	General
triple wall	General
tripod	Equipment
trombe wall	General
truss	Product
unicom system	Technical
unprotected-metal construction	General
urea-formaldehyde resin glue	Product
valley	General
valley rafter	General
vapor barrier	Product
veneer plaster	General
veneered wall	Product
vent	General
ventilation	General
vermiculite	Product
waferboard	Product
wainscot	Product
wale	General
wall tie	General
wallboard	Product
warp	General
water repellent	General
water table	General
weathering	General
weatherstrip	Product
weephole	General
wet wall	General
whaler	General
wind	General
window unit	Product
wing	General
wire glass	General
wp series molding patterns	General