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1 x 1 Rib
2 x 1 Twill
2 x 2 Broken Twill
2 x 2 Rib
2 x 2 Twill
3 x 1 Broken Twill
3 x 1 Twill
45 degree angle test
5-Harness Satin
8-Harness Satin
A Index
AATCC
Abiotic Resource Depletion
Abrasion
Absorbency
Absorption
Acid Washed
Acidification Potential
Adsorption
Affinity
Air Jet Filling Insertion
Air Jet Spinning
Air Jet Weaving
Air Permeability
Amorphous
Amylase Enzyme
Anionic
ASTM
Atmospheric Conditions
Auxiliary
Auxiliary Nozzles
Back Loop
Back Wale
Backrest
Bale
Bale Plucker
Ball Warp
Ball Warp Dyeing
Base Burn
Basket Weave
Batch Processing
Batik
Batt
Beam
Beam Creel
Beam Dyeing
Bearded Spring Needles (spring needle)
Beat-up
Beck
Bed Racking
Bedford Cord
Belt Compactor
Binder
Blending
Blotch Printing
Blue Water Consumption
Blue Water Use
Bobbin
Bouclé
Breaker Drawing
Broken Twill
Brushing
Bulk
Bull Denim
Bullet
Burn Codes
Burn-out Printing
Bust Rods
CAD/CAM
Calendering
Cam
Cam – Knitting
Cam Plan
Cam Shedding
Card
Carded
Carded Cotton
Carding
Cast Off
Catalase Enzyme
Catalyst
Cationic
Cellulase Enzyme
Cellulose
CFR
Chain Plan
Char Length
Checkerboard Effect
Chelating Agent
Chemical Finishing
Chenille
Chevron
China Cotton (CC) Index
Circular Knitting
Class 1 Flammability
Cleaning
Color
Color Separation
Colorfastness
Comb
Combed
Combed Cotton
Comber
Comber lap
Combing
Combing Roll
Comfort
Compaction
Complex Twills
Compound Needle
Cone
Consolidation Shrinkage
Construction (of fabric)
Construction Shrinkage
Corduroy
Cotton Count
Cotton Grade
Cotton Yarn
Counter (Satin)
Counter (Twill)
Course
Course Count
Course Length
CPSC
Creel
Creeling Yarn
Crepe Weave
Critical Moisture
Crochet
Crock
Crockfastness
Crocking
Cross Dye
Crosshatch
Crosslinking
Crystallinity
Curing
Cut
Cut-and-Sew
Cylinder
Davis, Jacob
Decitex
Defoamer
Delivered State
Denier
Denim
Dent
Dents Per Inch
Dial
Dial Height
Diffusion
Digital Ink Jet Printing
Dimensional Stability
Dip
Direct Dyes
Direct Printing
Direct Yarn Numbering
Discharge Printing
Dispersing Agent
Dispersion
Dobby
Dobby Fabrics
Dobby Loom
Dobby Shedding
Doctor Blade
Doffed
Doffer
Double Knits
Double Rigid Rapier
Double Telescoping Rapier
Doublings
Draft
Drafting Rolls
Draw Blend
Drawing
Drawing-In
Drawing-in Draft
Drop Stitch
Drop Wire
Drum Drying
Drying
Drying Section
Drying Shrinkage
Drying Time
Durable Press
Dwell Time
Dye Beam
Dye Range
Dye Set
Dye Vessel
Dyeing
Dyeing Equilibrium
Dyes
Dyestuffs
EFS® System (Engineered Fiber Selection)
Elastic Shrinkage
Embossed Roll Calendering
Embossing
Emulsion
End
Ends Per Inch
English Cotton Count
Engraved Roll Padder
Engraved Roller Printing
Enzymes
Eutrophication Potential
Evenness
Exemptions
Exhaustion
Expansion Comb
Fabric Body
Fabric Take-Down
Fabric Tightness
Fabric Weave Design
Face Loop
Face Wale
Fashion Mark
Fastness
Feeder
Fell-of-the-cloth
Fiber Fineness
Fiber Properties
Fiber Reactive Dyes
Fiber Web
Filling
Filling Count
Filling Density
Filling Face Twill
Filling Insertion Methods
Fine Cleaner
Fine Wale Corduroy
Finished Fabric
Finisher Drawing
Finishing
Fire Resistant
Fire Retardant
Fixation
Flanged Beam
Flat Bed Machine
Flat-Bed Knitting Machine
Flat-bed Screen Printing
Flats
Float
Float Loop
Float Stitch
Fluorescent Whitening Agent
Flying Shuttle
Foam Finishing
Footprint (Loom)
Friction Calendering
Fringe
Functional Finish
Functions of the Loom
Gaited
Gaiting
Galvano Method
Gap Sander (sueder)
Garment Dip Finishing (Immersion)
Garment Dyeing
Garment Washed Denim
Gauge
Global Warming Potential
Glue-trough
Greige Fabric
Greige Goods
Greige State
Groove
Ground Pick Corduroy
Ground Weave
Growth
Guide Needles (corduroy)
Guide Teeth
H. D. Lee Company
Hack
Hand
Hand Spinning
Handle
Hank
Harness
Harness Cords
Head End
Headstock
Heat Transfer Printing
Heated Roll and Shoe Compactor
Heatset
Heatsetting
Heddle
Heddle Eye
Held Loop
Herringbone
Herringbone Draw
Horizontal Padder
Hue
Human Health Particulate Air
Humectant
HVI Testing (High Volume Instrument Testing)
Hydrophilic
Hydrophobic
In-feed Device
Indigo "Synthetic"
Indigo Dye
indigofera arrecta
indigofera suffructiosa
indigofera tinctoria
Indirect Printing
Indirect Yarn Numbering
Inspection Stands
Interlacing
Interlock
Interlock Gaiting
Intimate Blend
isatis tinctoria
lntarsia
Jacquard (Weaving)
Jacquard Head
Jacquard Knitting
Jacquard Loom
Jacquard Shedding
Jacquard, Joseph Marie
Jet Dyeing
Jig Dyeing
Kay, John
Kiss-roll Padder
Knife-over Finishing
Knit Stitch
Knitted Stitch
Knitting
Knitting Cycle for Latch Needle
Knitting Elements
Knockover
Knotter
Knowles, Francis B., Knowles, Lucius J.
Lacquer Engraving
Laminated Fabric
Laser Engraving
Latch Needle
Laydown
Lease String
Left-hand Twill
Left-hand Twist
Let-off
Levi Strauss & Co.
Lightfastness
Linear Density
Links-Links Machine
Lint
Liquid Ammonia Treatment
Liquor Ratio
Log
Long-Chain Dye Range
Loom
Loom Beam
Loop Drying/Curing Oven
Loop Pulling
Luster
Magazine Creel
Mandrel
Market or Finished White
Mechanical Finishing
Mercerization
Mercerized Cotton (Fabric)
Mercerized Cotton (Yarn)
Metered Addition
Micronaire
Migration
Miss Stitch
Modified Starches
Moire
Moisture Content
Moisture Management
Moisture Regain
Motif
Multi-cell Blender
Multi-Count Denim
Multi-roll Sander
Multiphase Insertion
Napping
Native Starches
Natural Indigo
Ne
Ne or Number English
Needle
Needle Bed
New York Nearby
Nonionic
Normal Twill Angle
Novelty Yarn
OE/Ring
OEIOE
Open End Spinning
Open Width
Opening
Optical Brightening Agent
Ounces per Square Yard
Over Dye
Overfeed
Oxford Weave
Oxidation
Ozone Depletion Potential
Package
Package Dyeing
Padding
Panel Knitting
Pass/Fail
Pattern Repeat
Pectinase Enzyme
Peg Plan
Permanent Press
PFP
pH
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential
Photosensitive
Pick Count
Pick Insertion
Pick-Off
Pick-to-Pick
Picking Cycle
Picks
Picks Per Inch
Picks Per Minute
Piece Dye
Piece Dyeing
Piecing
Pigment
Pilling
Pique
Piqué – woven
Plain Weave
Plied Yarn
Plush Fabrics
Ply Yarn
Pointed Twill
Polygonum Tinctorium
Ponte de Roma
Post-cure Finish
Pre-cure Finish
Press Roll
Primary Energy Demand
Print Paste
Print Table Harnesses
Printing
Printing – Fabric Considerations
Process Shrinkage
Profiled Reed
Projectile
Projectile Filling Insertion System
Quill (Shuttle)
Racking (needle racking)
Raised Fabric Surfaces
Rapier Filling Insertion
Raschel
Re-beaming
Reactant
Reactive Dyes
Reclining Twill
Reduction
Reed
Reed Number
Reference State
Refurbishment
Registration
Relaxation Drying
Relaxed State
Relief Printing
Repeat (Weave)
Residual Shrinkage
Resin Finishing
Resist Printing
Rest
Reverse Twist
Rib Gaiting
Right-hand Twill
Right-hand Twist
Ring Dye Effect
Ring Spinning
Ring Spun
Ring/OE
Ring/Ring
Riser
Rope Dyeing
Rotary Screen Printing
Rotor
Rotor/Open-end spinning
Rough Spun
Roving
Rubber Blanket
S-Twill
S-Twist
Sales Yarn Company
Sand Roll
Sanding
Sateen
Satin
Satin Weaves
Schreiner Calendering
Scouring
Screen
Screen Engraving – Galvano Method
Screen Engraving – Lacquer Method
Screen Engraving – Laser Method
Screen Printing
Section Beam
Seed-coat Fragment
Selvage
Separation Thread
Sequestering Agent
Sequestrant
Serge de Nimes
Shade Sorted
Shearing
Shed
Shedding
Shedding of Size Particles
Short Fiber
Short Staple
Shrinkage
Shuttle
Shuttle Weaving
Shuttle Weaving Insertion System
Shuttleless Weaving
Simulation (Fabric)
Singeing
Single Binder
Single Jersey
Single Knit
Single Rigid Rapier
Single Yarns
Sinker (knitting)
Size
Size Add-on Percent
Size Categories
Sizing
Sizing Boxes
Skying
Slasher Creel
Slasher Magazine
Slasher or Sheet Dyeing
Slasher Set
Slashing
Sley
Sliver
Slot
Slub
Slub Yarn
Sodium Hydrosulfite
Sodium Hydroxide
Softener
Soil and Stain Repellent Finish
Soil Release Finish
Space Dyed
Space Dyeing
Spinning
Spinning Limit
Spinning System
Split Rods
Split Stitch
Spray Finishing
Spreader Mechanism
Squeegee Trough
Squeeze Rolls
Stacks – Drying Cans
Stain Release
Stain Repellent Finish
Standard Laboratory Conditions
Staple Yarn
Steep Twill
Stick-in
Stiffening Agent
Stitch Formation
Stitch Length
Stock Dyeing
Stone Washed
Stop Motions (weaving)
Storage Feeder
Storage Tubs
Strauss, Levi
Stretch
Strike Off
Stuffer Yarn (Bedford Cord)
Substrate
Sueding
Sulfur Bottom
Sulfur Dyes
Sulfur Top
Surface Finishing
Surface Flash
Surfactant
Suspending Agent
Swiss Pique
Synthetic Yarn
Take-up
Take-up-Roll
Tear Strength (Fabric)
Tenacity
Tensile Strength (Yarn)
Tension Controls
Tension Devices (Yarn)
Tenter Frame
Tex
Thick Place
Thickener
Thin Place
Thread Count
Threads Per Inch
Top Feeder/Bale Plucker
Transfer Printing
Transfer Printing – Garments
Transfer Stitch
Trash
Traveling Package Creels
Tricks
Tricot
Truck Creels
Tuck Stitch
Tucking Unit
Tuft
Turns Per Inch (TPI)
Twill
Twill Line
Twist
Twist Multiple
Tying-in Machine
Union Dyeing
Upland Cotton
USDA Classing Offices
V-bed Knitting
V-Shaped Creels
V-Shaped Pile
Value
Vat Dyes
Velvet
Velveteen
Verge
Vertical Company
Vertical Padder
Vertical Test
von Baeyer, Adolf
W-Shaped Pile
Wale
Wale Count
Wales
Warp Control
Warp Count
Warp End
Warp End Count
Warp Face Twill
Warp Knitting
Warp Shed
Warp-Slub Denim
Warper Head
Warper Set
Warping
Washing
Water Jet Filling Insertion
Water Repellency
Water Repellent Finish
Water Resistance
Water Resistant
Water Soluble
Waterproof
Weave Design
Weave Room
Weaving
Weaving Cycle
Weaving Efficiency
Weaving Machine
Weft Knitting
Welt Stitch
Wet Pick-up
Wetting Agents
Whip Roll
Whole Garment Knitting
Wicking
Wide Wale Corduroy
Winding
Woolen Run
Worsted Count
Wrinkle-resistant Finish
Yarn
Yarn Accumulator
Yarn Carriers
Yarn Count
Yarn Creel
Yarn Dyed Filling
Yarn Dyeing
Yarn Feeding Devices
Yarn Guides
Yarn Number
Yarn Numbering
Yarn Receiving
Yarn Separators
Yarn Size
Yarn Tension Controls
Z-Twill
Z-Twist
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