Domino Terms and Language

Bones, Tiles, or Stones: The actual playing pieces. While Dominoes is the name of the game, referring to a playing piece as a domino is not strictly correct.
Blank: An end of a tile which contains no pips or spots.
Doublet or Double: A tile which contains the same number of pips at both ends.
Double Sixes: The highest ranking tile in a 28 tile set. Also, the name of such a set.
Double Nines: The highest ranking tile in a 55 tile set. Also, the name of such a set.
Double Twelves: The highest ranking tile in a 91 tile set. Also, the name of such a set.
Shuffle: To mix the bones while they are turned face down on the table.
Draw: To pick the bones for your hand out of a central pile or the boneyard.
Bone pile or Boneyard: Spare bones left after the draw that may be used as a draw pile in some games.
Heavier: A bone with more spots on it is said to be heavier than another bone with fewer spots.
Lighter: A bone with fewer spots on it is said to be lighter than another bone with more spots.
Block Games: The goal of these games is to play all of your bones or block all your opponents from playing any of their bones.
Point Games: These games are very similar to block games but add the additional goal of scoring points as bones are laid.
Match Games: These games resemble Rummy card games. The goal is to form sets of bones that may be laid aside and scored when all bones have been laid.