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• Alloy - 
• Bead Setting - 
• Bezel - A type of stone setting - a thin strip of metal surrounding a stone, whose crimped down edge is holding a stone in place. 
• Butterfly Back - 
• Cabochon - a stone with a flat bottom and round top - a half-dome. Usually Usually smooth on all sides unless stated otherwise. Other forms of a cabochon would be a rose-cut or checkerboard. 
• Carat - 
• Channel Setting - 
• Comfort-Fit - 
• Compass [NSEW] Setting - 
• Crown - 
• Culet - 
• Eternity Band - 
• Facet - the individual plane on the outside of a cut gemstone. 
• Finish - the texture of the metal on a completed piece of jewelry [or other metal object], generally high polish or a flat matte.
• Flush setting - A type of stone setting where a stone's table is on the same place as the metal it has been set into. Done usually by drilling into the metal, burring or carving the hole into a "seat" the stone can rest in, and burnishing just the edge of the lip over the edge [girdle] of the stone. 
• Girdle - The edge of a faceted stone that separates the crown from the pavillion.
• Halo Setting - 
• Jacket Band - 
• Karat - 
• Melee - 
• Milgrain - 
• Pavé - 
• Pavillion - 
• Prong - 
• Rose-cut - a stone in the form of a cabochon but whose domed top is covered in facets, traditionally triangular, though more complex cut with facets of a variety of shapes is considered a rose-cut as well.
• Solitaire - 
• Table - The top facet [generally the largest facet] of a cut gemstone. 
• Window - When looking at a faceted stone you are able to see directly through to the other side. Traditionally the sign of a poorly planned faceting job on a stone, some modern faceting artists are choosing to use windows in bold new cut designs. See for reference the work of Topnotch Faceting [Jean-Noél Soni].