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Lighting & Electrics:
Amp-Trap
baffle
base plate
biconvex lens
bounce drop
concave
concentric-ring
contact closure
convex
daylight-harvesting
designer's remote
dimmer curve
duck tape
EISL
eye candy
equity light
glare shield
Hexcel
hinge plate
LEED
parabolic
pick-up
Pringle switch
pull-down
R40
rover
shunt
shunt-trip breaker
spherical
split-phase
splay port
T-3
Tee handle


Audio:
back box
bodypack
boom-arm
decay
distortion
dynamic mic
fricatives
headphones
input list
lavaliere
limiter
loudspeaker
mixer
mud ring
pop filter
press bridge
rack rails
ribbon mic
rider-friendly
screen
shield
TA4
threshold
VU meter
Wall of Sound (The Phil Spector version)


Video & A/V:
candids video
dielectric
dot pitch
ESU
filmstrip projector
flipchart
gain
opaque projector
pixel pitch
raster
rollcart
screen gain
screen resolution
ScreenPro
unity
Welt Stand


Facility:
auditeria
barre
cabaret
featherbeddding
Feasibility Study
FOB
hall
kickback
Loge
natatorium
opera house
pit-filler
porte cochere
ribbon spike
shed
showroom
standpipe
transmittal
Change Order


Scenic:
lift-jack
tip-jack
acanthus leaves
baseboard
Biesemeyer fence
billet
CDX
ceiling plate
corbel
cyanoacrylate
daggerboard
dentil
dog clip, mutt hook, snap hook
egg-and-dart
featherboard
glulam
guide knife
joiner
Knaack box
kickback
line weight
MDF
MDO
monkey wrench
nail set
nap
isometric projection
orthographic projection
OSB
pawl
pile
pilot hole
pipe wrench
plinth block
plunge cut
plunge router
pocket screw
polystyrene
polyurethane
pop rivet
putty knife
road case
roadbox
ribbon spike
rasp
rivet
S-hook
sawzall
stove bolt
Surform
slip-joint pliers
spanner
stiffener
Torx
trammel points
upholstery
vernier calipers
water pump pliers
wooden nickel
workbox


Scene Painting:
acetone
airbrush
cheesecloth
denatured alcohol
gloss medium
lacquer
methyl ethyl ketone
mineral oil
mineral spirits
naphtha
phlex-glu
roller
shellac
size
solvent
stippling
TSP
varnish
woodgrain techniques


Costumes/Wardrobe:
backstitch
bias
bias tape
bolt
cording
dart
dye lot
gather
garter
grosgrain
lining
Merrow
Milliner
pin
placket
pleat
quilting
running stitch
stitch-in-the-ditch
topstitch
twill tape


Hair & Makeup:
alginate
bald pate
moulage
skull cap


Stage Management & Directing:
Bargaining Agreement
catering
cattle call
Coke the floor
Craft Services
grievance
intermezzo
interval
go-see
Line captain
look-see
Meal Penalty
on-the-bounce
pink contract
running crew
Short Turnaround
Steward
wrangler
yellow card
chorus
verse
bridge
intro
outro
breakdown
instrumental
tacet
sustain
rideout
trashcan
coda