Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| backfill | to refill eg a foundation with earth, debris. |
| brickie | (Coll.) a bricklayer. |
| bricklayer | a person who lays bricks. |
| bricklaying | the job of laying bricks. |
| brickmaking | the making of bricks. |
| builder | one that builds. |
| carcase | the framework of anything; (verb) to put a carcase or frame on. |
| carcass | the framework of anything; (verb) to put a carcass or frame on. |
| constructor | one who constructs. |
| diker | a person who makes dikes. |
| ditchdigger | one that digs ditches. |
| ditcher | one who digs ditches. |
| drainlayer | one whose job is to lay drains. |
| drywaller | one who builds drystone walls. |
| edifier | one who builds. |
| groundbreaking | the breaking of ground at the beginning of a construction project. |
| hodman | a man who carries a hod; a mason's tender. |
| hoistman | a person who works a hoist. |
| laborer | (US) one who labors. |
| mason | a person who cuts, prepares and lays stones; (verb) to build or repair in stone. |
| navvy | a construction laborer; (verb) to work as a construction labourer. |
| paperhanger | one that applies wallpaper. |
| paver | a person who lays paving-stones; a machine for tamping down paving-stones. |
| pavior | a person who lays paving-stones; a machine for tamping down paving-stones. |
| pipefitting | the occupation of fitting or repairing pipes. |
| plasterer | one whose job is to plaster. |
| pontoneer | a builder of pontoon bridges. |
| pontonier | a builder of pontoon bridges. |
| pontonnier | a builder of pontoon bridges. |
| pontooner | a builder of pontoon bridges. |
| prefab | a prefabricated building, esp a house; (verb) to build beforehand. |
| quarrier | one who quarries. |
| quarrymaster | one in charge of a quarry. |
| reaedify | (Spenser) to rebuild. |
| reaedifye | (Spenser) to rebuild. |
| reedify | to rebuild (a house, wall, city, etc.). |
| reslate | to slate again. |
| roadman | one who works making or repairing roads. |
| roadsman | one who works making or repairing roads. |
| rodman | a person who carries or uses a rod. |
| rodsman | one who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party. |
| roofer | one who puts on roofs. |
| sandhog | (US sl.) any person who works on underground or underwater construction. |
| scaffolder | one who erects scaffolding. |
| screeder | a person whose job it is to lay screed on floors and walls. |
| shingler | a person who shingles houses etc. |
| shipbuilder | one who designs or constructs ships. |
| shipbuilding | the occupation of building ships. |
| shipwright | a carpenter skilled in ship construction and repair. |
| shopfitter | a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises. |
| slater | one who roofs with slate. |
| spackle | a paste for filling cracks; (verb) to fill cracks or holes in a surface, eg a wall, with paste. |
| spademan | a worker with the spade. |
| spadesman | a worker with the spade. |
| sparkie | (Coll.) an electrician. |
| sparkily | (Adv.) SPARKY, lively. |
| sparky | lively (noun, coll.) an electrician |
| spiderman | (Coll.) a construction worker etc. employed on a high building. |
| stonemason | a mason who builds with stone. |
| stuccoer | one who stuccoes. |
| subbie | (Aust. sl.) a subcontractor, esp in the construction industry. |
| subby | (Aust. sl.) a subcontractor, esp in the construction industry. |
| substruct | to build beneath; to lay as a foundation. |
| subtrade | in the construction business, a trade such as plumber and electrician. |
| surfaceman | a workman who keeps a railway bed in repair. |
| tracklayer | one who lays tracks. |
| trackman | (US) a platelayer. |
| troweler | one who trowels. |
| troweller | one who trowels. |
| tyler | a maker or layer of tiles. |
| underbuilder | a subordinate or assistant builder. |
| waller | one who builds walls. |
| zanjero | (Spanish) someone who supervises the distribution of water in irrigation canals. |