Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| adderstone adderbead | a prehistoric ornamental bead. |
| aigret aigrette | a spray of jewels; an ornamental feather plume. |
| albert | a short kind of watch-chain. |
| amulet | a charm worn to ward off evil, disease, etc. |
| anklet | an ankle BRACELET. |
| armil | a BRACELET. |
| armilla | an ARMIL, a bracelet > ARMILLAE or ARMILLAS. |
| armlet | an ornament or band worn round the arm. |
| bangle | a rigid ring as a bracelet or anklet. [Hind. bangli (orig.) coloured glass bracelet.] |
| bangled | wearing bangles. |
| barrette | a bar-shaped hair-clip or hair ornament. |
| bauble bawble | a TRINKET. |
| begem | to adorn, as with gems > BEGEMMED. |
| bejewel | to adorn with jewels > BEJEWELED/BEJEWELLED. |
| bemedal | to decorate with medals > BEMEDALED/BEMEDALLED but only BEMEDALLING. |
| beplumed | decked with feathers. N.B. there is no verb BEPLUME*. |
| beribboned | adorned with ribbons. N.B. there is no verb BERIBBON*. |
| beringed | wearing rings. N.B. there is no verb BERING*. |
| bestud | to set or adorn, as with studs or bosses. |
| betrim | to adorn, to trim. |
| bijou | a trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship > BIJOUS or BIJOUX. |
| bijouterie | jewellery, esp. trinkets. |
| bindi bindhi | a red dot worn on the forehead by women in India > BINDIS. |
| bling | flashy > BLINGER, BLINGEST; (noun) ostentatious jewellery; (verb) to wear bling. |
| blingy | flashy > BLINGIER, BLINGIEST. |
| boutonniere | a flower for the buttonhole, etc. |
| bracelet | an ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm. |
| breastpin | a pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch. |
| breloque | an ornament attached to a watch. |
| brooch | an ornamental clasp with a joined pin fitting into a hook; (verb) to adorn as with a brooch. |
| buttony | ornamented with a large number of buttons > BUTTONIER, BUTTONIEST. |
| callais | a green stone bead ornament from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age > CALLAIDES. |
| carcanet | an ornamental necklace, collar or headband. |
| chachka | (Yiddish) a cheap trinket. |
| chainlet | a small chain e.g. as worn for ornament. |
| chank | a kind of shell, sliced into bangles and worn by Hindu women. |
| choker | a close-fitting necklace. |
| circlet | a ring, band, or hoop (spec. one of precious metal or jewels), worn as an ornament, esp. on the head. |
| claddagh | an Irish ring. |
| clasp | a fastening, e.g. for a piece of jewellery; (verb) to fasten with a claps, to take hold of. |
| concho | an ornamental disk (as an clothing or tack) of American Indian origin featuring a shell or flower design > CONCHOS. |
| cufflink | a small chain used to fasten cuffs. |
| diamante | a decoration on a dress consisting of glittering ornaments. The e is accented. |
| dizenment | the state of being DIZENED. |
| earbob | an EARRING. |
| eardrop | a pendant for the ear; an EARRING; as, a pair of eardrops. |
| earring | a ring worn on the ear-lobe. |
| earringed | wearing EARRINGS. |
| echelle | an arrangement of ribbons in the form of a ladder, decorating the front of the stomacher of a dress, etc. [Fr. echelle, ladder]. |
| encolpion encolpium | a reliquary, cross etc worn on the breast. [GK. en, in or on + kolpos, bosom]. |
| epaulet epaulette | a shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers. |
| fainne | a ring-shaped metal badge worn by supporters of the Irish language > FAINNES. |
| falbala | a trimming or flounce. |
| fallal | frippery. |
| fandangle | an elaborate ornament. |
| fanfarona | a gold chain. |
| fattrels | ends of ribbon. N.B. no FATTREL*. |
| ferroniere ferronniere | a jewel held on a forehead by a chain. |
| figgery | dressy ornament. |
| fillet | a kind of hair-band; (verb) to cut into strips. |
| fleuret fleurette | an ornament in the shape of a small flower. |
| flounce | a hanging strip gathered and sewn to the skirt of a dress by its upper edge; (verb) to move impatiently or abruptly. |
| flouncy | decorated with flounces > FLOUNCIER, FLOUNCIEST. |
| foofaraw | frills and flashy finery; much ado about nothing. |
| fourragere | a braided cord worn round the left shoulder, esp. as awarded as a military decoration. |
| frilly | having frills > FRILLIER, FRILLIEST; (noun) a frilly garment. |
| fringy | adorned with fringes > FRINGIER, FRINGIEST. |
| frippery | finery, esp. something showy, tawdry or nonessential |
| frog | an ornamental fastening or tasselled or braided button. |
| frogged | provided or ornamented with FROGS; as, a frogged coat. |
| frogging | the attachments or ornamental fastenings on a FROGGED garment. |
| frontlet | a forehead ornament worn as a PHYLACTERY, defending against disease. |
| froufrou | the rustling of silk; frills or decoration. |
| furbelow | a ruffle on a garment; a small piece of ornamentation; (verb) to adorn with furbelows. |
| galloon | a lace trim or binding material; (verb) to decorate with this. |
| garland | a wreath of flowers or leaves; (verb) to crown with a garland. |
| garlandry | garlands collectively. |
| garniture | embellishment, trimming; a set of decorative objects. |
| gaudery | finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. |
| gem | to adorn with gems, to bespangle. |
| gemmate | to deck with gems. |
| girlond | a garland. |
| heitiki | a neck ornament of greenstone > HEITIKIS. |
| infula | a sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans > INFULAE. |
| jabot | a lace frill worn on shirt or dress front. |
| jewel | > JEWELED/JEWELLED; JEWELING/JEWELLING. |
| kangha | the comb traditionally worn by Sikhs in their hair. |
| kara | a steel bangle, worn by Sikhs. |
| labret | a lip ornament. |
| laticlave | a broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office. [L. latus, broad + clavus, a stripe]. |
| laurelled laurelled | crowned, adorned with laurel. |
| lavalier lavaliere lavalliere | a loosely-tied bow; a jewelled pendant. |
| leglet | any object worn on the leg for decoration. |
| lei | (Hawaiian) a garland or wreath, esp of flowers, shells or feathers. |
| locket | a small ornamental case, usually on a necklace or chain, that holds a picture, keepsake, etc. |
| lunula | a Bronze Age crescent necklace > LUNULAE. |
| mangalsutra | a bead necklace worn by a married Hindu woman whose husband is living. |
| medal | a piece of metal usu in the form of a coin bearing some design or inscription, struck or cast usu in commemoration of an event or as a reward of merit; (verb) to decorate with a medal > MEDALED/MEDALLED. |
| medalet | a small medal. |
| medallion | a large medal, esp worn as jewellery on a chain; (verb) to ornament with a medallion or medallions. |
| necklace | to engirdle with a necklace. |
| netsuke | a small Japanese toggle, decorated with inlays or carving, used to fasten purse to kimono. |
| ojime | a carved bead through which to pass the two cords attached to a Japanese INRO and which when slid down keeps the cords fastened. |
| orfray orphrey | gold or other rich embroidery on clerical robes. |
| ouch owche | a brooch, the setting of a precious stone. |
| parura parure | a set of ornaments or jewels. |
| passament passement passment | a decorative trimming of beads or braid; (verb) to trim with braid. |
| passementerie | a decorative trimming of beads or braid, a PASSAMENT. |
| pearlies | pearl buttons. |
| pendant pendent | anything hanging, esp for ornament. |
| peplumed | wearing a PEPLUM, a flounce at the waistline of a blouse, dress, etc. |
| periapt | a charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an AMULET. |
| phylactery | a slip of parchment inscribed with certain passages of Scripture, worn in a box on the left arm or forehead by Jewish men. |
| picot | one of series of small loops forming ornamental edging to ribbon, lace, etc; (verb) to ornament with PICOTS. |
| picote | ornamented with PICOTS, small loops. |
| pompom pompon pompoon | any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet. |
| poppit | one of a number of linked beads. |
| quillwork | ornamental work in porcupine quills. |
| rhinestone | an imitation diamond made of paste. |
| rhinestoned | adorned with RHINESTONES. |
| ribbon | fine material, usu of silk or synthetic fibre, tightly woven in narrow bands or strips and used for decoration, trimming, etc; (verb) to tie or adorn with ribbons. |
| ribbonry | ribbons collectively. |
| ribbony | adorned with ribbons. No comp. |
| ricrac | a decorative braid in even zigzag form. |
| riviere | a necklace of precious stones. |
| rosette | a knot or radiating loops of ribbon concentrically arranged. |
| rosetted | in the form of a ROSETTE, a knot or radiating loops of ribbon concentrically arranged. |
| rouche ruche | a frill of lace or other material. |
| rouched ruched | having a RUCHE. |
| >rouching ruching | a RUCHE, or ruches collectively. N.B. there is no ROUCHING*. |
| sautoir sautoire | a long necklace, or pendant on a long chain. |
| scarfpin | a pin for fastening a scarf. |
| sequin | a spangle used to decorate a garment; an old Italian gold coin. |
| sequined sequinned | adorned with sequins. |
| soutache | a narrow braid used for trimming. |
| spangle | a small, thin, glittering plate of metal; a SEQUIN; (verb) to adorn with spangles. |
| spanglet | a small SPANGLE. |
| spangly | covered with SPANGLES > SPANGLIER, SPANGLIEST. |
| sporran | an ornamental pouch worn in front of a kilt. |
| stickpin | a tiepin. |
| tach tache | a fastening or clasp. The pl. of TACH is TACHS. |
| taenia tenia | a narrow band or hair-ribbon worn in Greece > TAENIAE or TAENIAS; TENIAE or TENIAS. |
| tassel | an ornamental hanging tuft of threads; (verb) to adorn with tassels > TASSELLED/TASSELLING. |
| tieclasp | a clasp used to fasten a tie. |
| tiepin | a pin used to secure a tie. |
| tietac tietack | a tieclasp. |
| tika tilak | a red mark or pendant on the forehead of Hindu women, originally of religious significance but now also worn for ornament. |
| torc torque | a collar or armband, especially of twisted metal; TORQUE is also a verb: to cause to twist. |
| trankum trinkum | a TRINKET. |
| trinket | a small ornament or piece of jewellery; (verb) to have secret or underhand dealings with. |
| trinketry | ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively. |
| trinkum | see TRANKUM. |
| tzitzis tzitzit tzitzith zizit zizith tsitsith | the tassels on the four corners of a Jewish prayer shawl. N.B. these are all plural. |
| watchband | a band on which a watch is worn. |
| watchguard | a chain or strap used to attach a watch to the clothing. |
| wristlet | a wristband; a small strap worn around the wrist. |
| zizit | see TZITZIS. |
| zizith | see TZITZIS. |