Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| academy | a secondary school. |
| campus | (Lat.) the grounds of eg an educational institution; (verb) to restrict a student to school grounds. |
| college | a school of higher learning. |
| collegial | of or relating to a college. |
| collegially | (Adv.) COLLEGIAL, of or relating to a college. |
| conservatoire | (Fr.) a school of music. |
| conservatorium | (Lat.) a school of music. |
| creche | (Fr.) a nursery. |
| ecomuseum | a type of interdisciplinary museum presenting the history and heritage of a region. |
| externat | (Fr.) a day-school. |
| gymnasial | relating to a gymnasium. |
| gymnasium | a place for gymnastics a continental school |
| heder | (Hebrew) a Jewish school. |
| institute | to set up, establish. |
| juco | (US) junior college; an athlete at a junior college. |
| juku | (Japanese) a Japanese school that prepares students for entrance exams eg to university. |
| kindergarten | (Ger.) a nursery school. |
| kindie | (Aust. sl.) a kindergarten, a nursery school. |
| kindy | (Aust. sl.) a kindergarten, a nursery school. |
| library | a place where literary materials are kept for reading and reference. |
| lycee | (Fr.) a French high school. |
| lyceum | (Lat.) orig a school of philosophical instruction; a hall for public lectures, an association providing public lectures, concerts, and entertainments. |
| madrasa | (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to mosque. |
| madrasah | (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to mosque. |
| madrassa | (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to mosque. |
| madrassah | (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to mosque. |
| medresa | (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to a mosque. |
| medrese | (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to mosque. |
| medresseh | (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to mosque. |
| minischool | a small school. |
| multiversity | a major university. |
| museum | a place where objects of lasting interest or value are cared for and exhibited. |
| noncampus | not on campus. |
| nursery | a room for young children. |
| pensionnat | (Fr.) a boarding-school. |
| planetarium | a model or representation of the solar system. |
| playschool | a nursery school or playgroup. |
| poly | (Short for) a polytechnic. |
| precollege | taking place before attendance at college. |
| preschool | a kindergarten or nursery school for children of preschool age. |
| progymnasium | in Germany, a gymnasium for pupils up to age 16 only, at which university entrance qualifications are not obtainable. |
| protectory | an institution for destitute or delinquent children. |
| scholasticate | a preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order. |
| school | a institution of learning; (verb) to educate in an institution of learning. |
| schoolroom | a classroom. |
| schoolyard | the grounds of a school, especially as a place for children to play. |
| scul | (Obs.) a school. |
| sculle | (Obs.) a school. |
| seminarial | of a seminary. |
| seminary | a training-college for priests, rabbis, etc. |
| skillcentre | formerly in Britain, a Government-funded training establishment to assist those who wish to develop new occupational skills. |
| skool | (Coll.) school. |
| subcollege | an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. |
| superschool | an exceptional school. |
| tech | (Short for) a technical college. |
| technikon | a technical college. |
| uni | (Coll.) university. |
| university | an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees. |
| yeshiva | (Hebrew) a school for the study of the Jewish scripture, the Talmud. |
| yeshivah | (Hebrew) a school for the study of the Jewish scripture, the Talmud. |
| zendo | (Japanese) a place where Zen Buddhists study. |