Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| alloy | a substance having metallic properties and composed of two or more chemical elements of which at least one is a metal; (verb) to form an alloy. |
| alnico | (Tradename) a permanent magnet alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt. |
| alpacca | a type of nickel silver used in jewellery. |
| amalgam | an alloy of mercury with another metal. |
| billon | (Fr.) base metal, an alloy of copper, tin or silver. |
| bras | (Spenser) brass. |
| brass | an alloy of copper and zinc containing more than 50% copper (verb) as in brass off, to make someone fed up |
| brassiness | the quality of being brassy. |
| brassy | of or like brass; (fig.) impudently confident. |
| britannia | an alloy of tin and antimony with a low melting point. |
| brittania | an alloy of tin and antimony with a low melting point. |
| bronze | an alloy of copper and tin (verb) to make brown or tan |
| bronzen | made of bronze. |
| ceramal | a strong alloy of a metal with a heat-resisting compound, esp used for turbine blades and similar objects. |
| cermet | a strong alloy of a metal with a heat-resisting compound, esp used for turbine blades and similar objects. |
| chromel | an alloy of nickel and chromium. |
| chromoly | a steel alloy of chromium and molybdenum > CHROMOLIES or CHROMOLYS. |
| constantan | an alloy of nickel and copper, having a high and constant resistance to flow of electricity or heat. |
| cupronickel | an alloy of copper and nickel. |
| dinanderie | (Fr.) domestic decorative brassware, orig that made at Dinant in Belgium. |
| dural | (Tradename) a strong light aluminum alloy containing copper. |
| duralumin | (Tradename) a strong light aluminum alloy containing copper. |
| duraluminium | a strong, light, aluminium alloy containing copper. |
| electrum | (Lat.) an alloy of gold and silver. |
| eutectoid | an alloy similar to a eutectic. |
| ferrochrome | an alloy of iron with chromium. |
| ferrochromium | an alloy of iron with chromium. |
| ferromanganese | an alloy of iron and manganese used in the manufacture of steel. |
| ferromolybdenum | an alloy of iron with molybdenum. |
| ferronickel | an alloy of iron and nickel. |
| ferrosilicon | an alloy of iron and silicon, used in making cast iron and steel. |
| gunmetal | an alloy of copper and tin or zinc, once used in making cannon. |
| invar | (Tradename) an iron nickel alloy. |
| iridosmine | a very hard corrosion-resistant white or grey natural alloy of osmium and iridium. |
| iridosmium | a very hard corrosion-resistant white or grey natural alloy of osmium and iridium in variable proportions, often containing smaller amounts of platinum, ruthenium, and rhodium, used esp in pen nibs. |
| magnalium | an alloy of magnesium and aluminum. |
| magnox | (Tradename) an alloy of magnesium and aluminum used to make containers for fuel for nuclear reactors. |
| manganin | (Tradename) a copper-based alloy. |
| marmem | as in marmem alloy, an alloy which, under the influence of temperature changes, can be changed from one condition to another and back again. |
| misch | as in misch metal, an alloy of cerium and other rare earth metals, used esp as a flint in cigarette lighters. |
| mischmetal | an alloy of cerium with certain rare earth metals and iron, used to produce the spark in lighters. |
| nicad | (Short for) nickel-cadmium, as applied to batteries. |
| nichrome | (Tradename) an alloy of nickel and chrome. |
| nickeline | (Obs.) an alloy of nickel, now called niccolite. |
| nicrosilal | a cast-iron alloy containing nickel, chromium and silicon. |
| niello | (Ital.) a black alloy used to fill engraved designs on metal; work or object decorated with this (verb) to decorate with this |
| nimonic | of alloys used in high-temperature work, eg gas turbine blades, chiefly nickel, with chromium, titanium and aluminium. |
| nitinol | an alloy of nickel and titanium. |
| occamy | an alloy imitating gold or silver. |
| oreide | an alloy used in imitation-gold jewelry. |
| oricalche | (Spenser) a gold-coloured alloy. |
| orichalc | a gold-coloured alloy. |
| orichalceous | of or like orichalc. |
| ormolu | (Fr.) an alloy of copper, zinc, and sometimes tin. |
| oroide | an alloy used in imitation-gold jewelry. |
| osmiridium | a very hard corrosion-resistant white or grey natural alloy of osmium and iridium. |
| packfong | (Chinese) a Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper. |
| pakfong | (Chinese) a Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper. |
| pakthong | (Chinese) a Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver. |
| paktong | (Chinese) a Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper. |
| permalloy | an alloy of nickel and iron, the most easily magnetized of all materials. |
| pewter | an alloy of tin, antimony, and copper used for domestic utensils. |
| pewtery | of or like pewter > PEWTERIER, PEWTERIEST. |
| pinchbeck | spurious; trashy; (noun) a gold-like alloy of copper and zinc; tawdry jewellery. |
| platiniridium | an alloy of platinum and iridium. |
| platinoid | an alloy of copper, zinc, nickel, and tungsten, resembling platinum and resistant to tarnishing. |
| potin | (Fr.) an old alloy of copper, zinc, lead and tin. |
| shakudo | (Japanese) an alloy of copper and a small percentage of gold, used in Japanese decorative art, esp in sword fittings. |
| shibuichi | (Japanese) an alloy of three parts copper to one part silver, used in Japanese decorative art to give a silver-grey patina. |
| similor | an alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color. |
| spiegel | (Ger.) an iron alloy used in the Bessemer process. |
| spiegeleisen | (Ger.) an iron alloy used in the Bessemer process. |
| steel | a tough iron alloy (verb) to cover with steel |
| steeliness | the state of being steely. |
| steely | like steel. |
| stellite | (Tradename) any of various alloys. |
| superalloy | an alloy that has good stability at 600 degrees to 1000 degrees C. |
| taenite | a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites. |
| tambac | (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc. |
| tambak | (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc. |
| terne | an alloy, chiefly of lead and tin; (verb) to cover with this. |
| terneplate | thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin. |
| tombac | (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc. |
| tomback | (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc. |
| tombak | (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc. |
| tutenag | (Marathi) an alloy of zinc, copper etc. |
| vellon | (Spanish) a copper and silver alloy used in Spanish coinage. |
| zircalloy | an alloy of zirconium containing small amounts of tin, chromium, and nickel, used in pressurized-water reactors. |
| zircaloy | an alloy of zirconium containing small amounts of tin, chromium, and nickel, used in pressurized-water reactors. |