Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| alpacca | a type of nickel silver used in jewellery. |
| amber | fossilised resin. |
| amberoid | synthetic amber. |
| ambery | like amber > AMBERIER, AMBERIEST. |
| ambroid | synthetic amber. |
| asteria | a precious stone that shows asterism when cut en cabochon. |
| bezel | the oblique side or face of a cut gem. |
| bezil | the oblique side or face of a cut gem. |
| boart | diamond dust or fragments. |
| bort | diamond dust or fragments. |
| borty | relating to bort, diamond dust. |
| bortz | (Dutch) diamond dust or fragments. |
| boulle | (Fr.) a form of marquetry with eg gold and silver inlaid in tortoiseshell. |
| brilliant | shining (verb) to cut and polish a diamond |
| brilliantly | (Adv.) BRILLIANT, shining. |
| briolette | (Fr.) a pear-shaped gem. |
| brute | brutal BRUTELY; (verb) to girdle or shape (a diamond) |
| bruter | one who brutes diamonds (shapes them by rubbing them with another diamond). |
| buhl | a form of marquetry with eg gold and silver inlaid in tortoiseshell. |
| cabochon | (Fr.) a precious stone polished but uncut, or cut rounded on the top but flat on the back. |
| cadrans | (Fr.) an instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut. |
| cameo | a gem with a figure (usu. a head or bust in profile) carved in relief; (verb) to portray in sharp, delicate relief. |
| capiz | (Tagalog) the translucent shell of a bivalve mollusc, used in making jewellery. |
| chaton | (Fr.) the setting or stone of a finger-ring. |
| chatoyant | (Fr.) having a changeable luster like that of a cat's eye at night; (noun) a chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat's eye. |
| collet | a circular flange or collar; the part of a ring that contains the stone; (verb) to set a gem in a ring. |
| culet | (Fr.) the flat back or base of a gemstone. |
| dactyliography | the study of gem engraving. |
| dactyliology | the study of finger-rings. |
| diaglyph | a figure etched or engraved in surface of gem or stone. |
| dore | (Fr.) gilded; (noun) a gold-coloured fish. |
| emeraude | (Spenser) emerald. |
| enameler | one who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. |
| enamelist | one who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. |
| enameller | one who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. |
| enamellist | a worker in enamel. |
| enchase | to chase, engrave; to fix in a border or setting. |
| engild | (Shakesp.) to gild. |
| facet | a small surface; (verb) to cut with facets. |
| gemmeous | relating to gems; like a gem. |
| gemmery | gems generally. |
| glyptic | related to carving or engraving, esp on gems. |
| glyptics | the art of engraving or carving on gems. |
| glyptographer | one who practises glyptography, the art of engraving on gems. |
| glyptographic | relating to glyptography, the art of engraving on gems. |
| glyptography | the art of engraving on gems. |
| heishi | (Japanese) tiny beads made from shells. No -S. |
| incavo | (Ital.) the incised part of an intaglio. |
| inchase | to chase, engrave; to fix in a border or setting. |
| intaglio | (Ital.) a figure engraved into a gem or another substance (verb) to carve an intaglio on |
| jasperware | goods made of jasper. |
| jewellike | like a jewel. |
| lasque | (Persian) a flat thin diamond, common in India. |
| loupe | (Fr.) a jeweller's magnifying glass worn on the eye-socket. |
| navette | (Fr.) a pointed oval shape; a jewel cut in this shape. |
| oriental | from the Orient (noun) a precious stone, esp a pearl; an Oriental rug |
| orientally | (Adv.) ORIENTAL, from the Orient. |
| pearlware | goods made from pearl. |
| rubin | (Spenser) a ruby. |
| rubine | (Spenser) a ruby. |
| rubylike | like a ruby. |
| sapphirine | a blue mineral, aluminium-magnesium silicate. |
| strass | (Ger.) a paste for making false gems. |
| tremblant | in jewellery, having the stones set on spring, to give a trembling effect. |
| tripoli | an earthy substance orig brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals, aka diatomite. |
| ungilt | not gilt. |