| No. | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Adze | Hand tool for shaping wood surfaces. |
| 2. | Air compressor | Supplies pressurized air for pneumatic tools. |
| 3. | Apron square | Small square for quick layout and checks. |
| 4. | Awl | Pointed tool for marking or starting holes. |
| 5. | Backsaw | Stiff-backed saw for precise cuts. |
| 6. | Ball-peen hammer | Hammer for metalwork, setting rivets, striking. |
| 7. | Band clamp | Strap clamp for assembling boxes and frames. |
| 8. | Bandsaw | Stationary saw with continuous loop blade. |
| 9. | Bar clamp | Long clamp for holding wide assemblies. |
| 10. | Bead | Rounded molding detail on an edge. |
| 11. | Bearing bit | Router bit guided by a bearing. |
| 12. | Bevel gauge | Adjustable tool for transferring angles. |
| 13. | Bevel square | Tool for marking bevels and angles. |
| 14. | Biscuit | Compressed wood wafer for alignment and joinery. |
| 15. | Biscuit joiner | Cuts slots for biscuit alignment joints. |
| 16. | Block plane | Small plane for trimming end grain. |
| 17. | Blue tape | Painter’s tape for masking and clean lines. |
| 18. | Brad nail | Small-gauge nail for light trim work. |
| 19. | Brad nailer | Pneumatic/electric tool driving brad nails. |
| 20. | Breadboard end | End piece allowing panel movement. |
| 21. | Burr | Rough edge left after cutting or drilling. |
| 22. | Cabinet scraper | Steel scraper for fine surface smoothing. |
| 23. | Caulk | Sealant for gaps against air or water. |
| 24. | Chamfer | Angled edge cut replacing a sharp corner. |
| 25. | Chisel | Edge tool for paring and chopping wood. |
| 26. | Chop saw | Miter saw for quick crosscuts. |
| 27. | Circular saw | Handheld saw with rotating round blade. |
| 28. | Clamp | Device holding workpieces together temporarily. |
| 29. | Cope | Cut molding profile to fit another piece. |
| 30. | Coping saw | Thin-blade saw for curved and coping cuts. |
| 31. | Counterbore | Flat-bottom recess for screw head. |
| 32. | Countersink | Conical recess so screw sits flush. |
| 33. | Crown molding | Decorative trim at wall-ceiling junction. |
| 34. | Dado | Groove across grain for a panel or shelf. |
| 35. | Dead blow mallet | Mallet minimizing rebound for controlled strikes. |
| 36. | Deck screw | Corrosion-resistant screw for outdoor fastening. |
| 37. | Dewalt/Skilsaw | Common term for a circular saw. |
| 38. | Diagonal pliers | Cutters for wire, nails, small fasteners. |
| 39. | Dovetail | Interlocking joint resisting pull-apart forces. |
| 40. | Drill bit | Cutting tool for boring holes. |
| 41. | Drill press | Stationary drill for accurate vertical holes. |
| 42. | Dry fit | Assemble without glue to check alignment. |
| 43. | Edge banding | Thin strip covering plywood edges. |
| 44. | End grain | Wood surface perpendicular to the fibers. |
| 45. | Engineered lumber | Manufactured structural wood like LVL or I-joist. |
| 46. | Epoxy | Two-part adhesive for strong gap-filling bonds. |
| 47. | Face frame | Front framework attached to cabinet carcass. |
| 48. | Featherboard | Safety guide pressing stock against fence. |
| 49. | Felt-tip marker | Marker for layout lines and labeling. |
| 50. | Finish nail | Small-headed nail for trim and finish work. |
| 51. | Finish nailer | Tool driving finish nails into trim. |
| 52. | Flat bar | Pry bar for pulling nails and leverage. |
| 53. | Flush-cut saw | Saw trimming protrusions without marring surface. |
| 54. | Forstner bit | Bit drilling clean, flat-bottom holes. |
| 55. | Framing square | Large L-square for layout and squaring. |
| 56. | Frog | Plane part supporting blade and adjustment. |
| 57. | Furring strip | Thin strip for leveling or fastening surfaces. |
| 58. | GFCI | Outlet protection against ground-fault shock. |
| 59. | Glue line | Visible seam where adhesive meets wood. |
| 60. | Glue-up | Clamping assembly while glue cures. |
| 61. | Grain | Direction and pattern of wood fibers. |
| 62. | Grout float | Rubber tool spreading grout; sometimes for epoxy. |
| 63. | Half-lap joint | Overlapping joint, each piece half thickness. |
| 64. | Hand plane | Tool shaving wood for flatness and fit. |
| 65. | Hardwood | Angiosperm wood; generally denser, finer grained. |
| 66. | Hinge mortise | Recess cut for hinge leaf to sit flush. |
| 67. | Holdfast | Bench clamp using wedging action. |
| 68. | Impact driver | High-torque driver using rotational impacts. |
| 69. | Jamb | Side pieces forming a door frame. |
| 70. | Jigsaw | Reciprocating saw for curves and cutouts. |
| 71. | Jointer | Machine flattening faces and squaring edges. |
| 72. | Joist | Horizontal framing member supporting floors or ceilings. |
| 73. | Kerf | Width of material removed by a saw blade. |
| 74. | Kickback | Sudden tool or workpiece thrust toward operator. |
| 75. | King stud | Full-height stud beside a window/door opening. |
| 76. | Kreg jig | Pocket-hole jig for angled screw joinery. |
| 77. | Laminated veneer lumber | LVL; engineered beam made of veneer layers. |
| 78. | Layout line | Marked line guiding cuts or drilling. |
| 79. | Level | Tool indicating plumb or horizontal alignment. |
| 80. | Mallet | Hammer with softer head for chisels. |
| 81. | MDF | Medium-density fiberboard; smooth, stable sheet good. |
| 82. | Miter joint | Joint with angled ends meeting at corner. |
| 83. | Miter saw | Saw for accurate angle crosscuts. |
| 84. | Mortise | Rectangular cavity for a tenon. |
| 85. | Nail set | Tool sinking nail heads below surface. |
| 86. | Nailing schedule | Specified fastener type and spacing requirements. |
| 87. | Nominal size | Lumber size name, not actual dimensions. |
| 88. | Notch | Cut-out to fit around another member. |
| 89. | Oscillating tool | Multi-tool for plunge cuts and scraping. |
| 90. | Outfeed support | Support preventing stock drop after cut. |
| 91. | Paint grade | Surface quality suitable for painting, not stain. |
| 92. | Paring chisel | Long chisel for fine, controlled slicing. |
| 93. | Pilot hole | Small starter hole preventing splitting. |
| 94. | Plumb | Perfectly vertical alignment. |
| 95. | Plumb bob | Weight on string indicating true vertical. |
| 96. | Plywood | Sheet made from cross-laminated wood veneers. |
| 97. | Pocket hole | Angled hole for concealed screw joint. |
| 98. | Rabbet | L-shaped recess along an edge. |
| 99. | Rafter | Sloped framing member supporting a roof. |
| 100. | Random-orbit sander | Sander reducing swirl marks with random motion. |