Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| bakelite | (Tradename) a thermosetting resin used in electric insulators etc. |
| cel | (Short for) celluloid. |
| celluloid | (Tradename) a type of thermoplastic. |
| cellulosic | plastic made from cellulose. |
| clingfilm | thin plastic film that adheres to surfaces, used esp for wrapping and covering foods. |
| clingwrap | a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food. |
| formica | (Tradename) any of various laminated plastic sheets. |
| hydrocellulose | a gelatinous material obtained by hydration of cellulose, used in papermaking, etc. |
| lucite | a type of transparent acrylic-based plastic. |
| microbead | a very small plastic particle, numbers of which are used as exfoliating agents in cosmetics. |
| microplastic | very small particles of plastic debris persisting as waste material in the environment following the breakdown of rubbish. |
| nitrocellulose | any of several esters of cellulose used esp for making explosives, plastics, and varnishes. |
| nonplastic | something that is not a plastic. |
| photopolymer | a photosensitive plastic used esp in the manufacture of printing plates. |
| plastic | easily moulded (noun) any of a group of synthetic or natural mouldable materials |
| plastically | (Adv.) PLASTIC, easily moulded. |
| plasticated | covered with a layer of plastic. |
| plasticisation | the act of plasticising. |
| plasticise | to make plastic. |
| plasticiser | a substance that induces plasticity. |
| plasticity | the state of being plastic. |
| plasticization | the act of plasticizing. |
| plasticize | to make plastic. |
| plasticizer | a substance that induces plasticity. |
| plasticky | of a plastic nature. |
| plasticly | (Adv.) PLASTIC, easily moulded. |
| plastisol | a suspension of powdered resin in a liquid plasticizer, convertible by heat into a solid plastic. |
| pleather | a plastic fibre made to look like leather. |
| plexiglass | acrylic plastic sheets. |
| pliofilm | a transparent plastic material. |
| polycarbonate | any of a range of strong thermoplastics. |
| polyelectrolyte | a jellylike plastic compounded of two polymers, one charged positively and one negatively. |
| polyethene | the systematic name for polythene. |
| polyethylene | a generic name for certain thermoplastics, polymers of ethylene. |
| polypropene | any of various thermoplastic plastics or fibers that are polymers of propylene. |
| polypropylene | any of various thermoplastic plastics or fibers that are polymers of propylene. |
| polythene | a generic name for certain thermoplastics, polymers of ethylene. |
| pultrude | to carry out pultrusion, a process for producing reinforced plastic products. |
| pultrusion | a process for producing reinforced plastic products. |
| styrofoam | (Tradename) a type of expanded plastic made from polystyrene. |
| superplastic | capable of plastic deformation under low stress at an elevated temperature; (noun) a plastic with these qualities. |
| superplasticity | the state of being superplastic. |
| thermoform | to give a final shape to plastics by heat and pressure. |
| thermoplastic | capable of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening again when cooled; (noun) a plastic with these properties. |
| thermoset | of resin or plastic, to set permanently after melting and moulding. |
| unplasticised | not plasticised. |
| unplasticized | not plasticized. |
| vinyl | a type of plastic. |
| vinylic | of or like vinyl. |
| xylonite | a non-thermosetting plastic of the nitrocellulose type. |
| zylonite | a non-thermosetting plastic of the nitrocellulose type. |