ACA (Affordable Care Act)

(a)  

Academic Degree

(a)  

Accessible

(a)  

Accommodations

(a)  

Account holder

(a)  

Account Specialist

(a)  

Account statement

(a)  

Accountability

(a)  

Accreditation

(a)  

ACH (Automated Clearing House)

(a)  

Aches and pains

(a)  

Achievement Gap

(a)  

Acid reflux

(a)  

Acoustic insulation

(a)  

ACS (Administration for children services)

(a)  

Active

(a)  

Acts of god

(a)  

Actual cash value (ACV)

(a)  

Actuary

(a)  

ADD (Attention-deficit disorder)

(a)  

Additional living expenses (ALE) coverage

(a)  

Address on file

(a)  

ADHD (Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder)

(a)  

Adjuster

(a)  

Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD)

(a)  

Advanced Placement (AP) Program

(a)  

Advice nurse

(a)  

Aerial

(a)  

Affidavit

(a)  

Affordable

(a)  

Age of Majority

(a)  

AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

(a)  

Air-fare

(a)  

Airbag

(a)  

Airborne

(a)  

Airline ticket /Plane ticket

(a)  

Airway

(a)  

Alien registration card / Permanent resident card / Green card (Informal)

(a)  

Alimony

(a)  

Alley

(a)  

Alternative School

(a)  

Amount

(a)  

Annual out-of-pocket maximum

(a)  

Antibiotics

(a)  

Antifreeze

(a)  

Antihistamine

(a)  

Antitheft device

(a)  

Appendix

(a)  

Appliances

(a)  

Applicant

(a)  

Application

(a)  

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

(a)  

Appointment

(a)  

Appraisal

(a)  

Appraiser

(a)  

Approved

(a)  

APR (Annual Percentage Rate)

(a)  

ASP (Alternate-side parking)

(a)  

Arbitration award/ Arbitral award

(a)  

Arbitrator

(a)  

Area code

(a)  

Armpit

(a)  

Arrangement

(a)  

Arrest

(a)  

Arrival

(a)  

Artery

(a)  

Assault

(a)  

Assets

(a)  

Assistant principal

(a)  

Assistive Technology (AT)

(a)  

At fault

(a)  

ATM (Automated Teller Machine)

(a)  

ATM Card

(a)  

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Device (AAC Device)

(a)  

Auto loan / Car loan

(a)  

Automatic Payment

(a)  

Automatic withdrawal

(a)  

Baby bottle

(a)  

Baby formula

(a)  

Back rent

(a)  

Backdated

(a)  

Backfire

(a)  

Backpay

(a)  

Backrest

(a)  

Bail

(a)  

Balance

(a)  

Balance transfer

(a)  

Bathtub chair / Shower chair

(a)  

Beany Hat

(a)  

Bedpan

(a)  

Bedside commode

(a)  

Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)

(a)  

Belly button / Navel

(a)  

Belt-sander / Electric sander

(a)  

Benchmarks

(a)  

Beneficiary

(a)  

Benefits

(a)  

Bifocal lenses

(a)  

Bill

(a)  

Bill of sale

(a)  

Billing department

(a)  

Birth certificate

(a)  

Birthmarks

(a)  

Bite

(a)  

Blackboard

(a)  

Bladder

(a)  

Bleeding

(a)  

Blended Learning

(a)  

Blind curve

(a)  

Blind spot

(a)  

Blinkers

(a)  

Blood

(a)  

Blood alcohol level

(a)  

Blood Pressure

(a)  

Blood pressure cuff

(a)  

Bloody stool

(a)  

Board of Education

(a)  

Board up (the windows)

(a)  

Bodily injury

(a)  

Body shop

(a)  

Booster shot

(a)  

Borrow

(a)  

Bowel movement

(a)  

Braces

(a)  

Brake (verb)

(a)  

Branch

(a)  

Brand

(a)  

Brand name medication

(a)  

Breast pump

(a)  

Breast self-examination

(a)  

Breast-feeding clinic

(a)  

Breathing

(a)  

Breathing tube

(a)  

Breed

(a)  

Brief

(a)  

Broadside collision

(a)  

Broken down

(a)  

Bronchi

(a)  

Brother-in-law / Sister-in-law

(a)  

Browser

(a)  

Budget

(a)  

Budget billing

(a)  

Bulk account

(a)  

Bumper

(a)  

Bundled services

(a)  

Burglary

(a)  

Burning sensation

(a)  

Business days

(a)  

Buttock

(a)  

Call in sick

(a)  

Callback number

(a)  

Cane

(a)  

Carbon monoxide detector

(a)  

Cardiac arrest

(a)  

Case number

(a)  

Case worker

(a)  

Cashier's Check

(a)  

Cast

(a)  

Cavity

(a)  

CD (Certificate of deposit)

(a)  

Ceiling joist

(a)  

Center for Poison Control (CPC) / Poison control center (PCC)

(a)  

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

(a)  

Certification

(a)  

Chafing

(a)  

Chaining

(a)  

Change lane (noun)

(a)  

Chapped skin

(a)  

Charge

(a)  

Chart

(a)  

Check-in

(a)  

Check-out

(a)  

Check-point

(a)  

Checking account

(a)  

Cheekbone

(a)  

Chicken Pox

(a)  

Child protective services (CPS)

(a)  

Child support

(a)  

Chills

(a)  

Chin

(a)  

CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program)

(a)  

Chiropractor

(a)  

Chlamydia

(a)  

Choke

(a)  

Chronic

(a)  

Citation

(a)  

Claim

(a)  

Classic Learning Test (CLT)

(a)  

Classroom

(a)  

Clerk

(a)  

Closing fees

(a)  

Clutch

(a)  

Co-insurance

(a)  

Co-pay / Co-payment

(a)  

Co-signer

(a)  

Code

(a)  

Cold sore

(a)  

Collateral (Noun)

(a)  

Collections (Collections department)

(a)  

Collision

(a)  

Collision coverage

(a)  

Come to rest (a car after an accident)

(a)  

Common Core

(a)  

Communicable disease

(a)  

Compact

(a)  

Comply (with)

(a)  

Comprehension skills

(a)  

Comprehensive Coverage

(a)  

Conflicting statements

(a)  

Congested

(a)  

Conjugal visit

(a)  

Constipation

(a)  

Contact lenses

(a)  

Contagious

(a)  

Contagious

(a)  

Context clues

(a)  

Convicted

(a)  

Corner

(a)  

Cough

(a)  

Cough up

(a)  

Coverage

(a)  

CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)

(a)  

Cracked

(a)  

Cramps

(a)  

Crash (verb)

(a)  

Credit (verb)

(a)  

Credit bureau

(a)  

Credit card

(a)  

Credit Check

(a)  

Credit limit

(a)  

Credit report

(a)  

Credit score

(a)  

Crime

(a)  

Crosswalk / Pedestrian crossing

(a)  

Cruise control

(a)  

Crutches

(a)  

CT (Computerized Tomography) scan

(a)  

Current

(a)  

Cut-off time

(a)  

CVV (Card Verification Value)

(a)  

Daily basis

(a)  

Damages

(a)  

Deadline

(a)  

Dealer

(a)  

Dean

(a)  

Death certificate

(a)  

Debris

(a)  

Debts

(a)  

Deductible

(a)  

Deeds of trust

(a)  

Default

(a)  

Defroster

(a)  

Delinquency

(a)  

Delivery

(a)  

Dent /

(a)  

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

(a)  

Department of veteran affairs (VA)

(a)  

Departure

(a)  

Deploy

(a)  

Deposit

(a)  

Depreciation

(a)  

Detour

(a)  

Diabetes

(a)  

Diagnosis

(a)  

Diaper rash

(a)  

Diapers

(a)  

Digits

(a)  

Diphtheria

(a)  

Direct deposit

(a)  

Direction

(a)  

Disability

(a)  

Discharge (from the body)

(a)  

Discharge (release from the hospital)

(a)  

Disciplinary Segregation / Dis-Seg

(a)  

Disclaimer

(a)  

Disclosure

(a)  

Discomfort

(a)  

Disconnection / Shutoff

(a)  

Ditch

(a)  

Dizzy

(a)  

DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles)

(a)  

Doing the Dutch / The “Dutch Act”

(a)  

Donut hole

(a)  

Dosage

(a)  

Dose

(a)  

Double park

(a)  

Down payment

(a)  

DPT / DTP / DTaP / TdaP/ DTP vaccine

(a)  

Drainage

(a)  

Drainpipe

(a)  

Drivable

(a)  

Drive Aisle

(a)  

Drive-in facility

(a)  

Drive-through bank

(a)  

Driver's License

(a)  

Driveway

(a)  

Drizzle

(a)  

Drywall

(a)  

Dual Enrollment

(a)  

Due date

(a)  

DUI

(a)  

Dull pain

(a)  

Dumpster

(a)  

Durable medical equipment (DME)

(a)  

Dwelling insurance

(a)  

DWI (Driving While Intoxicated)

(a)  

Earning (an income)

(a)  

Eastbound

(a)  

EBT card

(a)  

Effective date

(a)  

Electrical/ Breaker panel

(a)  

Elementary school

(a)  

Eligibility

(a)  

Eligible

(a)  

Emergency

(a)  

Emergency lights

(a)  

Emergency Room (ER) / Emergency Department (ED)

(a)  

Soaked

(a)  

Emphysema

(a)  

Employer

(a)  

Employment

(a)  

EMS (Emergency Medical Service)

(a)  

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)

(a)  

Endorsement / Insurance Rider

(a)  

Engine

(a)  

Engineered wood flooring

(a)  

Enroll (verb)

(a)  

Enrolled

(a)  

Entrance

(a)  

Equipment

(a)  

Equity

(a)  

Escrow account

(a)  

Estimate

(a)  

Evict

(a)  

Exit (ramp)

(a)  

Expedite

(a)  

Expiration date

(a)  

Expire

(a)  

Extended School Year (ESY)

(a)  

Extracurricular activities

(a)  

Factory-installed

(a)  

Failure to thrive (FTT)

(a)  

Father-in-law / Mother-in-law

(a)  

Feces / Excrement / Stool / Fecal matter

(a)  

Fee

(a)  

Fee schedule

(a)  

Felony

(a)  

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

(a)  

Fender (car) / Mudguard (bicycle)

(a)  

Fender bender

(a)  

Fever / Temperature

(a)  

Field sobriety test

(a)  

File taxes (verb)

(a)  

Fill a prescription (verb)

(a)  

Fine (context dependent) / Penalties

(a)  

Fine motor skills

(a)  

Fingerprints

(a)  

Firefighter / Fireman

(a)  

Fishtail (verb)

(a)  

Fixed interest rate

(a)  

Flame-retardant insulation / Fireproof insulation

(a)  

Flash Flood

(a)  

Flight

(a)  

Flip over / Tip over Overturn

(a)  

Flipped classroom

(a)  

Flood Advisory

(a)  

Flood Warning

(a)  

Flood Watch

(a)  

Fog

(a)  

Foggy

(a)  

Follow-up

(a)  

Food bank

(a)  

Food poisoning

(a)  

Food stamps

(a)  

Foreclosure

(a)  

Forge / Falsify (verb)

(a)  

Forms

(a)  

Formulary medication

(a)  

Foster care

(a)  

Foundation

(a)  

Four wheel drive

(a)  

Fraud

(a)  

Free of charge

(a)  

Freeway

(a)  

Full continuum of services

(a)  

Full Coverage

(a)  

Functional Behavioral Assessment

(a)  

Furnace

(a)  

Gallbladder

(a)  

Galvanized steel pipes

(a)  

Gardener

(a)  

Gas leak

(a)  

Gaze

(a)  

Gear shift

(a)  

Generic

(a)  

German measles (rubella)

(a)  

Glucometer

(a)  

Good state of repair

(a)  

Goosebumps

(a)  

Grace period

(a)  

Grade Point Average (GPA)

(a)  

Grades

(a)  

Grant (N)

(a)  

Grant (V)

(a)  

Groin

(a)  

Gross monthly income

(a)  

Gross motor skills

(a)  

Guest

(a)  

Gutter

(a)  

Gynecology

(a)  

Hacking cough

(a)  

Hacksaw

(a)  

Hail

(a)  

Hand truck

(a)  

Handling fee

(a)  

Hard credit check

(a)  

Headlights

(a)  

Heal (verb)

(a)  

Health plan

(a)  

Heart attack

(a)  

Heart murmur

(a)  

Heartburn

(a)  

High blood pressure

(a)  

Highway patrol

(a)  

Hinged side door (in a van)

(a)  

Hit and run

(a)  

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

(a)  

Hives

(a)  

HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)

(a)  

Hoarseness

(a)  

Hole puncher / Hole punch

(a)  

Home care provider

(a)  

Home emergency insurance

(a)  

Home Equity Line

(a)  

Home Equity Loan

(a)  

Homeowner

(a)  

Homeowners insurance

(a)  

Homeschooling

(a)  

Homework

(a)  

Layover 

(a)  

Horn

(a)  

Hospice care

(a)  

Hospital bed

(a)  

Housing Authority

(a)  

HRA (Human Resources Administration)

(a)  

Hubcap

(a)  

Hyperopia / Farsightedness

(a)  

I.K. Inmate Kitchen

(a)  

ICU (Intensive Care Unit)

(a)  

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)  

(a)  

Identification (ID)

(a)  

Illness

(a)  

Immunization record / Vaccination record

(a)  

Impairment

(a)  

Implications

(a)  

Implied consent

(a)  

Impounded

(a)  

In-network

(a)  

Income

(a)  

Income tax

(a)  

Individualized Education Program (IEP)

(a)  

Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP)

(a)  

Infants

(a)  

Infection

(a)  

Initial enrollment period

(a)  

Injured

(a)  

Injuries

(a)  

Inpatient

(a)  

Inspect (verb)

(a)  

Installments

(a)  

Insufficient funds, non- sufficient funds

(a)  

Insurance

(a)  

Insurance broker

(a)  

Insurance carrier / Insurer

(a)  

Insured

(a)  

Interest

(a)  

Interest rate

(a)  

Intersection

(a)  

Intrauterine Device (IUD)

(a)  

Invalid

(a)  

IRA (Individual retirement account)

(a)  

IRS (Internal Revenue Service)

(a)  

Issue (verb)

(a)  

Itching

(a)  

ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number)

(a)  

Jewelry

(a)  

Kick-in

(a)  

Kidney

(a)  

Laboratory

(a)  

Lancets

(a)  

Land

(a)  

Closing costs

(a)  

CVC (Card verification code)

(a)  

CSC (Card Security Code)

(a)  

Insurance plan

(a)  

Landlady /
Landlord

(a)  

lane

(a)  

License Plate

(a)  

Loan

(a)