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Air Cleaner	Air Dried	Aliphatic Resin
Allen Wrench	All-Purpose Blade	Alternate Top Bevel (ATB)
Aluminum Oxide	Aniline Dye	Annual Growth Rings
Antikickback Pawl	Apron	Arbor
ATB	Awl	Backsaw
Band Clamp	Band Saw	Bar Clamp
Barrel Hinge	Base Plate	Batten
Beading Tool	Bearing	Belt Sander
Bench Dog	Bench Grinder	Bench Knife
Bench Plane	Benchtop	Bevel
Bird's-Eye	Biscuit	Biscuit Joiner
Bit	Blade Guard	Blade Plate
Blade Rim	Blade Stabilizer	Blank
Blast Gate	Block Plane	Blushing
Board Foot	Book Match	Bore
Bow	Box Joint	Box Nail
Brace	Brad	Brad Point
Bridle Joint	British Standard Whitworth (BSW)	Bullnose
Burl	Burnish	Bushing
Butt Hinge	Butt Joint	Butt Matched
Butterfly Hinge	Cabinet Saw	Cabinet Scraper
Caliper	Cap Iron	Carbide
Carcass	Carving in the Round	Case-Hardened Lumber
Casework	Casing	Caul
C-clamp	Cechanical Compressor	CFM
Chamfer	Check	Chip Carving
Chuck	Clear	Cleat
Closed Coat	Close-Grained	Clutch
Coarse-Grained	Coated Abrasives	Collet
Color Rendering Index	Combination Blade	Combination Machine
Common	Common Nail	Compound Miter
Compression Wood	Contractor's Saw	Cope
Cope-and-Stick	Corner Clamp	Counterbore
Countersink	Cove	Crossbearer
Crosscut	Crosscut Blade	Crotch Lumber
Crowning	Cupping	Curly
Cutoff	Cutoff Blade	Cutoff Saw
Cutter	Cutterhead	Cyanoacrylic
Cyclone	d	dado
dado head (or cutter)	Danish Oil	Dead-Blow Mallet
Deck Screw	Denatured Alcohol	Detent
Dewaxed Shellac	D-handle	Dial Indicator
Diamond Dresser	Dimensional Lumber	Direct Drive
Disk Sander	Double-Stick Tape	Dovetail
Dowel	Dowel Center	Downdraft Table
Dozuki	Drawer Slide	Drawknife
Driver Bit	Drum Sander	Dry Fit
Drying Oil	Drywall Screw	Dual Bevel
Dust Collector	Dust Nibs	Dust Port
Earlywood	Edge Band	Edge Grain
Edge-Banding Tape	Edge-Belt Sander	Elbow
End Grain	Epoxy	Equilibrium Moisture Content
Extension Table	Face	Face Frame
Faceplate	FAS	Feather Board
Feed Rate	Feeler Gauge	Fence
Fiddleback	Figure	Filler
Film Finish	Finger Joint	Finial
Firsts and Seconds (FAS)	Fishtail	Fixed-Base
Fixture	Flat Sawn	Flattening Agent
Flat-Top Tooth	Flint	Flitch
Flush-Trim Bit	Forstner Bit	Frameless Cabinet
Framing Lumber	Framing Nail	Framing Nailer
Fret Saw	Fretwork	Friction Polish
Frog	Full-Extension Slide	Garnet
Gib Screws	Gingerbread	Glue Line
Gouge	Grain	Grain Reversal
Green	Green Woodturning	Grit
Groove	Growth Ring	Guard
Guide Blocks	Guide Collar	Gullet
Half-Blind Dovetail	Hand Screw	Handwheel
Hardboard	Hardwood	Haunched Mortise-and-Tenon
Heartwood	Hide Glue	High-Speed Steel (HSS)
Hinge Mortise	Hole Saw	Hollow Grind
Hollow Vessel	Hollowing Tool	Hone
Honing Guide	Hook	Hot-Melt Glue
HSS	Hybrid Table Saw	Impact Driver
Induction Motor	Infeed	Insert
Insert Cutter	Iron	Jig
Jointer	Kerf	Kickback
Kiln	Knife	Knife Hinge
Knot	Lac Bug	Lacquer
Lag Screw	Laminate (noun)	Laminate (verb)
Laminate Trimmer	Lap Joint	Lapping Plate
Latewood	Leg Set	Linseed Oil
Live Center	Loose Knot	Loose Side
Luthier	Machine Screw	Mallet
Mandrel	Marking Gauge	Marquetry
Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF)	Milk Paint	Mineral Spirits
Mission	Miter Box	Miter Gauge
Miter Joint	Miter Slot	Miter Square
Moisture Content	Molding	Morse Taper (MT)
Mortise	Mortise-and-Tenon	Mortiser
Mullion	Nail Set	Natural-Edge Turning
Newel	NGR	Nondrying Oil
Ogee	One-By (1-by)	One-Off
Open Coat	Open Time	Open-Grained
Orbital	Oriented Strand Board	Oscillating Drum Sander
Outboard Turning	Outfeed	Overlay Door
Paint Thinner	Painter's Tape	Palm Sander
Panel	Panel Saw	Particleboard
Parting Tool	Pawl	Pegboard
Pen Lathe	Penny	Phillips
Piano Hinge	Pigment	Pigtail Scratches
Pilaster	Pilot Bearing	Pin
Pin Nailer	Pin Router	Pipe Clamp
Pitch	Pitch	Pith
Pivot Block	Pivot Hinge	Plain Sawn
Platen	Plug	Plunge Router
Plywood	Pneumatic	Pocket Hole
Polyurethane	Polyvinyl Acetate	Positive Stop
Pot Life	Primary Wood	Proud
PSA	psi	Pumice
Push Stick	PVA	Quartersawn
Queen Anne	Rabbet	Rack
Rail	Raised Grain	Raised Panel
Rake	Raker	Random Orbit
Ray Flecking	Reaction Wood	Reciprocating
Relief Carving	Relief Cut	Resaw
Resin	Rift Sawn	Right Side
Rip	Rip Blade	Riving Knife
Robertson Head	Rotary Cut	Rotary Tool
Rottenstone	Rough Sawn	Rough Turn
Roughing Gouge	Roundover	Router
Rubbing Compound	Rubbing Out a Finish	Runout
S2S	S4S	Sacrificial Fence
Sanding Drum	Sapwood	Sawyer
Scarf Joint	Scorp	Scraper
Scroller	Scuff Sand	Sealer Coat
Secondary Bevel	Secondary Wood	Select
Self-Indexing	Self-Sealing Finishes	Set
Set Screw	Shank	Shaper
Shaving Horse	Sheen	Sheet Goods
Sheet-Metal Screw	Shellac	Shim
Shooting	Shooting Board	Shoulder
Shoulder	Silicon Carbide	Skew
Skip	Skip Tooth	Sled
Sliding Bevel	Sliding Dovetail	Sliding Table
Slip Match	Slip Stone	Slot Mortiser
Slurry	Snipe	Soft Start
Softwood	Sole	Solid Surface
Soss Hinge	Spade Bit	Spalted
Specific Gravity	Spindle	Spindle
Spindle Sander	Spline	Split Point
Splitter	Splotching	Spokeshave
Spoon Gouge	Spring Clamp	Spur Center
Square	Square Drive	Squeeze-Out
Stain Controller	Starve	Stearates
Stepped Point	Sticker	Stile
Stopped	Story Stick	Stove Bolt
Straight Chisel	Straight-Lined	Strap Hinge
Stretcher	Substrate	Summerwood
Surfaced	Swarf	Sweep
Swing	Swing Match	Swirling
Tack Cloth	Tack Time	Tail
Tailstock	Taper	T-bolt
Tear-Out	TEFC	Tempering
Template	Tenon	Tension Wood
Tensioning	Threaded Insert	Through
Thrust Bearings	Tiger Figuring	Tipping Off
T-nut	Toe-Nail	Toggle Clamp
Tongue-and-Groove	Tool Rest	Torque
Torx Head	TPI	Treenware
Triple Chip	Trunnion	Try Square
T-slot	Tung Oil	Tungsten Carbide
Turn Between Centers	Twist	Twist Bit
Two-By (2-By)	UHMW	Universal Motor
Urethane	Vacuum Press

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