Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| anaglyptic | relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief. |
| artistical | characteristic of art. |
| basketry | the art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively. |
| basketwork | objects produced by basketry. |
| batik | (Malay) an Indonesian method of producing designs on cloth; (verb) to produce designs on cloth by batik. |
| battik | (Malay) an Indonesian method of producing designs on cloth. |
| beader | one who makes things with beads. |
| beadwork | decorative work done with beads. |
| biomorph | a representation of a living thing as decoration. |
| bocage | (Fr.) a decorative representation of trees, leaves, etc. |
| bootmaking | the craft of making boots. |
| cagework | open work like the bars of a cage. |
| camaieu | (Fr.) a cameo. |
| campanology | the art of bell ringing. |
| caneware | articles made from cane. |
| ceroplastic | relating to wax modelling. |
| ceroplastics | the craft of wax modelling. |
| cerotype | an electrotyping surface. |
| chantilly | (Fr.) as in chantilly lace, a type of ornamental lace. No -S. |
| chinoiserie | (Fr.) decoration, furniture etc. imitating Chinese design. |
| cloisonnage | cloisonné work or process. |
| couture | (Fr.) the design and making of fashionable garments, esp French ones. |
| craftwork | creative artistic activity involving construction, carving, weaving, sewing, etc. |
| cyanotype | a blueprint. |
| cymagraph | an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings. |
| cymograph | an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings. |
| cymographic | relating to a cymograph. |
| daedal | ingenious and cunningly designed. |
| daedalic | ingenious and cunningly designed. |
| deboss | to impress a design into. |
| deco | a style of decorative art characteristic of the 1920s and 1930s (adj.) relating to this style. |
| dendroglyph | an ancient carving on a tree. |
| devore | (Fr.) velvet or satin having a design etched with acid. |
| distelfink | (Dutch) a traditional Pennsylvanian Dutch design motif in the form of a stylised bird. |
| doublure | (Fr.) an ornamental lining on the inside of a book, of leather or vellum. |
| eburnification | the art of making like ivory. |
| empaestic | pertaining to the art of embossing. |
| enchaser | one who enchases. |
| enfleurage | exposure of oils to scent of fresh flowers in perfume-making. |
| fecit | (Lat.) he or she made this. |
| finespun | developed with extreme care. |
| floral | relating to flowers (noun) a design featuring flowers |
| florally | (Adv.) FLORAL, relating to flowers. |
| flushwork | decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface. |
| frottage | (Fr.) rubbing eg in art or for sexual gratification. |
| graniteware | goods made from granite. |
| gul | a design used in oriental carpets. |
| handcraft | handicraft; (verb) to fashion by hand. |
| handworked | crafted by hand. |
| homecraft | a craft practised at home. |
| horseshoer | one who shoes horses. |
| housecraft | the craft of looking after a house. |
| iconological | relating to iconology. |
| iconologist | a student of iconology. |
| iconology | a branch of art history dealing with iconic representations. |
| ikat | (Malay) a technique of dyeing yarn and tying it, thus giving geometric patterns. |
| ikebana | (Japanese) the art of formal flower arrangement. |
| inlayer | one who inlays. |
| inwrought | wrought or worked in or among other things. |
| japan | a glossy black varnish or lacquer; (verb) to lacquer with japan. |
| japonaiserie | (Fr.) art or craft in the Japanese style. |
| kitsch | (Ger.) trash; sentimental popular art. |
| kitschily | (Adv.) KITSCHY, having the quality of kitsch. |
| kitschness | the state of being kitsch. |
| kitschy | having the quality of kitsch, trashy. |
| knotwork | ornamental work done with knots; carving or decoration in interlaced forms. |
| koru | (Maori) a stylized curved pattern used esp in carving. |
| lacework | a delicate openwork fabric. |
| lacquerer | one who lacquers. |
| lacquerware | craft goods made from lacquer. |
| lacquerwork | craftwork in lacquer. |
| lapwork | work in which one part laps over another. |
| lifework | the work to which one's life is given. |
| macrame | (Turkish) a fringe or trimming of knotted thread. |
| macrami | (Turkish) a fringe or trimming of knotted thread. |
| maquette | (Fr.) a small model of something to be made on a larger scale. |
| mehndi | (Hindi) in India, the practice of painting designs on the hands, feet etc using henna. |
| modeler | one who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. |
| modeller | one who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. |
| mola | (Cuna) a brightly-coloured applique or embroidered panel made by Cuna Indian women of Panama. |
| montage | (Fr.) a composite photo or picture; (verb) to make a montage, to set in a montage. |
| moresque | an arabesque. |
| mosaic | the fitting together in a design of small pieces of coloured marble, glass; (adj.) in the form of a mosaic (verb) to work in mosaic |
| mosaically | (Adv.) MOSAIC, in the form of a mosaic. |
| mosaicist | a worker in mosaic. |
| moslings | thin strips taken off when dressing skins. |
| musive | (Obs.) relating to, or composed of, mosaic. |
| okimono | (Japanese) a Japanese ornament or figurine. |
| ornamenter | one who makes ornaments. |
| ornamentist | one who makes ornaments. |
| paillon | (Fr.) a decorative metallic scale or spangle; spec. a small piece of bright metal foil, used in enamel work. |
| penciler | one who pencils. |
| penciller | one who pencils. |
| pencraft | penmanship; the art of composition. |
| reclame | (Fr.) the art or practice by which publicity is secured. |
| rocaille | (Fr.) artificial rockwork or similar ornament. |
| scrimshander | to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. |
| scrimshandy | to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. |
| scrimshaw | to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. |
| scrimshoner | one who makes scrimshaw carvings. |
| shellwork | work composed of shells, or adorned with them. |
| sparterie | (Fr.) articles made of esparto. |
| spinstress | a woman who spins. |
| spool | a cylinder, bobbin or reel on which yarn, etc is wound; (verb) to wind on spools. |
| staffage | decorative accessories or additions to work of art. |
| stuccowork | work done in stucco. |
| taw | to prepare skins for white leather. |
| tessella | (Lat.) a small tessera, a square block of marble, glass, tile, etc., used in mosaic. |
| tessellate | to cover with small tiles. |
| tessera | (Lat.) a small piece of stone, glass or tile used in mosaic. |
| topiarian | of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc. |
| topiarist | one who practises topiary. |
| topiary | the art of tree or shrub shaping. |
| triquetra | (Lat.) a symmetrical triangular ornament formed of three interlaced arcs or lobes. |
| tusche | (Ger.) a black substance used for drawing in lithography and as a resist in etching and silkscreen work. |
| verism | an artistic preference for the everyday over the legendary. |
| verismo | (Ital.) realism or naturalism in the arts, esp with refererence to late-19th- cent. Italian opera. |
| verist | an adherent of verism, an artistic preference for the everyday over the legendary. |
| veristic | relating to verism, an artistic preference for the everyday over the legendary. |
| waxwork | work done in wax; a figure or object modelled in wax. |
| whakairo | (Maori) the art of carving. |
| xylographic | relating to xylography, the art of making engravings on wood. |
| yealm | a bundle of straw for thatching; (verb) to straighten straw for thatching. |
| yelm | (Dial.) a bundle of straw laid straight for thatching; (verb) to straighten straw for thatching. |