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The glossary contains brief descriptions of most common billiards games, as well as the most commonly used terms in billiards.

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Solids, or solid balls, are the non-striped ball suit (group) of a fifteen ball set that are numbered 1 through 7 and have a solid color scheme (the group does not include the black 8 ball).

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Cue stick, or simply cue, is a stick which is used to propel balls in billiard games. It is usually around 55-60" in length with a tip made of a material such as leather on the end and sometimes with ...

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Rails, or cushion rails, are the sides of a billiard table's wooden frame, upon which the elastic rubber is mounted. It also serves as a rest for player's hand while taking a shot.

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Pockets are openings in a billiard table, into which balls are shot (pocketed or potted). Pockets can be cut into the surface of the table, on the inner section, or on the sides and in the corners of ...

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Russian pyramid, also known as pyramid or Russian billiards, is a type of pool game played on a table with six pockets. There are 15 white object balls and a red cue ball. It is similar to the ...

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Carom, or carambole billiards, is a type of billiard game played on a pocketless table. The objective of the game is to score points by "caroming" one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball ...

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Snooker is a billiard game played on a pool table with six pockets. Aside from the cue ball, there are 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colors: yellow, green, brown, ...

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