Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
agateware | a form of ceramic made to look like agate. |
amberina | (Tradename) a type of clear glassware. |
argil | clay, esp as used in pottery. |
azulejo | (Spanish) a brightly coloured tile of the Near East, Spain and Holland. |
ballclay | a fine-textured highly plastic clay used for ceramics. |
barbola | an ornamentation of small flowers, fruit etc. made of plastic paste and coloured. |
barbotine | (Fr.) a paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief. |
basaltes | (Lat.) unglazed stoneware. |
basaltware | stoneware wrought of basalt. |
belleek | a very thin translucent porcelain. |
blunge | to mix clay with water. |
blunger | a machine or person that blunges, i.e. mixes clay and water. |
canopic | relating to a kind of ancient Egyptian vase, used to store intestines. |
ceramic | made of pottery; (noun) an article made of pottery. |
ceramics | pottery; the art of making pots. |
ceramography | the historical description of types of pottery. |
china | fine porcelain ware. |
chinaware | goods made from china. |
clayware | goods made of clay. |
cloam | made of earthenware or clay; (noun) earthenware or clay. |
crackleware | pottery with a crackled glaze. |
creamware | a type of earthenware with a cream-coloured glaze. |
dabbity | (Scots) a cheap pottery figure found at fairgrounds. |
delf | pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland. |
delft | pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland. |
delftware | pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland. |
delph | pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland. |
earthenware | ceramic ware made of slightly porous opaque clay fired at low heat. |
engobe | (Fr.) a slip applied to ceramics before the glaze, eg to mask their natural colours. |
famille | (Fr.) a type of Chinese porcelain. |
fictile | used or made by a potter; capable of being moulded, esp in clay. |
figuline | of or relating to earthenware; (noun) potter's clay, earthenware. |
figurine | a small modelled or sculpted figure. |
fireclay | a clay poor in lime and iron, suitable for making fire-resistant pottery. |
flatback | a pottery figure with a flat back, designed to stand on a mantelpiece. |
flatware | articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware. |
glost | an oven in which glazed pottery is fired. |
gombroon | a kind of Persian pottery. |
hizen | (Japanese) a type of richly decorated Japanese porcelain. |
holloware | hollow articles of china, iron etc. eg pots and kettles. |
hollowware | hollow articles of china, iron etc. eg pots and kettles. |
imari | (Japanese) a type of porcelain, richly decorated in red green and blue. |
jolley | a guide for fixing a pottery mould for plates. |
jolleying | using a jolley, a guide for fixing a pottery mould for plates. |
kakiemon | (Japanese) a kind of Japanese porcelain. |
keramics | pottery; the art of making pots. |
kiln | a large oven for drying, baking etc.; (verb) to dry, fire in a kiln. |
kokowai | (Maori) a type of clay used in decoration because of its reddish colour. |
lithophane | porcelain with pictures showing through transparency. |
logie | the space in front of a kiln fire. |
lusterware | pottery with a metallic glaze. |
lustreware | pottery with a metallic glaze. |
maiolica | (Ital.) an elaborate, highly-colored, glazed Italian pottery. |
majolica | (Ital.) an elaborate, highly-colored, glazed Italian pottery. |
majolicaware | goods made from majolica. |
malax | to soften by kneading. |
malaxage | the softening of clay by kneading it. |
malaxate | to soften by kneading. |
murra | (Lat.) an unidentified precious material for vases, conjectured to be agate. |
murrha | (Lat.) an unidentified precious material for vases, conjectured to be agate. |
murrine | a kind of clear glassware used to make ancient Roman vases. |
parian | a hard white porcelain from Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea. |
peachblow | a delicate purplish-pink colour, used as a glaze on porcelain. |
pintadera | (Spanish) a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in certain Neolithic cultures. |
porcelain | a fine earthenware, white, thin, transparent or semitransparent, first made in China. |
porcelaineous | like porcelain. |
porcelainlike | like porcelain. |
porcelainous | like porcelain. |
porcelaneous | like porcelain. |
porcellaneous | like porcelain. |
porcellanous | like porcelain. |
potshard | a fragment of pottery. |
potshare | a fragment of pottery. |
potsherd | a fragment of pottery. |
pug | clay, ground and worked with water; (verb) to fill in with clay or mortar. |
raku | (Japanese) a kind of earthenware made in Japan. |
sancai | (Chinese) in Chinese ceramics, a three-colour glaze. |
scroddled | of pottery, made of clay scraps of different colours. |
semiporcelain | any of several ceramic wares resembling or imitative of porcelain. |
sgraffito | (Ital.) the technique of scratching the surface of pottery to reveal a different colour. |
shippo | (Japanese) a kind of cloisonne ware. |
slipware | pottery decorated with slip. |
softpaste | as in softpaste porcelain, an artificial porcelain made from clay, bone ash, etc. |
spode | a porcelain made with the addition of bone-ash. |
spongeware | pottery on which patterns etc. are applied using a sponge. |
sprigger | one that decorates with sprigs. |
stemware | a type of glassware. |
stoneware | a species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked. |
tanagra | a kind of terracotta figurene. |
terracotta | (Ital.) reddish-brown; (noun) a type of pottery. |
underfire | to fire or bake insufficiently. |
whiteware | articles made of white porcelain, pottery or other ceramic material. |
yellowware | pottery made from buff clay and covered with a transparent yellow clay. |