British and American terms

British English
accommodation
action replay
aerofoil
aeroplane
agony aunt
Allen key
aluminium
aniseed
anticlockwise
articulated lorry
asymmetric bars
aubergine
baking tray
bank holiday
beetroot
bill
biscuit
black economy
blanket bath
blind
block of flats
boiler suit
bonnet (of a car)
boob tube
boot (of a car)
bottom drawer
bowls
braces
brawn (the food)
breakdown van
breeze block
bridging loan
bumbag
candyfloss
car park
casualty
catapult
central reservation
chemist
chips
cinema
cling film
common seal
consumer durables
cornflour
cos (lettuce)
cot

American English
accommodations
instant replay
airfoil
airplane
advice columnist
Allen wrench
aluminum
anise
counterclockwise
tractor-trailer
uneven bars
eggplant
cookie sheet
legal holiday
beet(s)
check
cookie; cracker
underground economy
sponge bath
(window) shade
apartment building
coveralls
hood
tube top
trunk
hope chest
lawn bowling
suspenders
headcheese
tow truck
cinder block
bridge loan
fanny pack
cotton candy
parking lot
emergency room
slingshot
median strip
drugstore
French fries
movie theater; the movies
plastic wrap
harbor seal
durable goods
cornstarch
Romaine
crib

cot death
cotton bud
cotton wool
council estate
courgette
court card
crash barrier
crisps
crocodile clip
cross-ply
crotchet (music)
current account
danger money
demister (in a car)
dialling tone
diamante
double cream
draughts (game)
drawing pin
dressing gown
drink-driving
drinks cupboard
drinks party
driving licence
dual carriageway
dummy
dust sheet
dustbin
earth (electrical)
engaged (of a phone)
estate agent
estate car
ex-directory
faith school
financial year
fire brigade/service
first floor
fish finger
fitted carpet
flannel
flat
flexitime
flick knife
flyover
football
footway
fringe (hair)
full board (in hotels)
full stop (punctuation)
garden
gearing (finance)

crib death
cotton swab
absorbent cotton
(housing) project
zucchini
face card
guardrail
chips; potato chips
alligator clip
bias-ply
quarter note
checking account
hazard pay
defroster
dial tone
rhinestone
heavy cream
checkers
thumbtack
robe; bathrobe
drunk driving
liquor cabinet
cocktail party
drivers license
divided highway
pacifier
drop cloth
garbage can
ground
busy
real estate agent, realtor (trademark)
station wagon
unlisted
parochial school
fiscal year
fire company/department
second floor
fish stick
wall-to-wall carpeting
washcloth
apartment
flextime
switchblade
overpass
soccer
sidewalk
bangs
American plan
period
yard; lawn
leverage

gear lever
goods train
greaseproof paper
green fingers
grill (noun)
grill (verb)
ground floor
groundsman
hairslide
hatstand
hen night
hire purchase
hoarding
hob
holdall
holiday
holidaymaker
homely
hosepipe
in hospital
hot flush
housing estate
hundreds and thousands
ice lolly
icing sugar
indicator (on a car)
inside leg
jelly babies
Joe Bloggs
Joe Public
jumble sale
jump lead
jumper
junior school
kennel
ladybird
a lettuce
level crossing
lift
lolly
lollipop lady (or man)
loo (toilet)
loose cover
lorry
loudhailer
low loader
lucky dip
luggage van
maize
mangetout
market garden

gearshift
freight train
wax paper/waxed paper
green thumb
broiler
broil
first floor
groundskeeper
barrette
hatrack
bachelorette party
installment plan
billboard
stovetop
carryall
vacation
vacationer
homey
(garden) hose
in the hospital
hot flash
housing development
sprinkles (for ice cream)
Popsicle (trademark)
confectioners sugar
turn signal
inseam
jelly beans
Joe Blow
John Q. Public
rummage sale
jumper cable
sweater
elementary school
doghouse
ladybug
a head of lettuce
grade crossing
elevator
Popsicle (trademark)
crossing guard
john
slipcover
truck
bullhorn
flatbed truck
grab bag
baggage car
corn
snow pea
truck farm

marshalling yard
maths
metalled road
milometer
minim (music)
mobile phone
monkey tricks
motorway
mum/mummy
nappy
needlecord
newsreader
noughts and crosses
number plate
off-licence
opencast mining
ordinary share
oven glove
paddling pool
paracetamol
parting (in hair)
patience
pavement
pay packet
pedestrian crossing
peg
pelmet
petrol
physiotherapy
pinafore dress
plain chocolate
plain flour
polo neck
positive discrimination
postal vote
postbox
postcode
potato crisp
power point
pram
press stud
press-up
private soldier
public school
public transport
punchbag
pushchair
pylon
quantity surveyor
quaver (music)
queue

railroad yard
math
paved road
odometer
half note
cell phone
monkeyshines
expressway; highway
mom/mommy
diaper
pinwale
newscaster
tic-tac-toe
license plate
liquor store; package store
open-pit mining
common stock
oven mitt
wading pool
acetaminophen
part
solitaire
sidewalk
pay envelope
crosswalk
clothespin
valance
gas; gasoline
physical therapy
jumper
dark chocolate
all-purpose flour
turtleneck
reverse discrimination
absentee ballot
mailbox
zip code
potato chip
electrical outlet
baby carriage; stroller
snap
pushup
GI
private school
public transportation
punching bag
stroller
utility pole
estimator
eighth note
line

racing car
railway
real tennis
recorded delivery
registration plate
remould (tyre)
reverse the charges
reversing lights
right-angled triangle
ring road
room only
roundabout (at a fair)
roundabout (in road)
rowing boat
sailing boat
saloon (car)
sandpit
sandwich cake
sanitary towel
self-raising flour
semibreve (music)
semitone (music)
share option
shopping trolley
show house/home
silencer (on a car)
silverside
singlet (undershirt)
skeleton in the cupboard
skimmed milk
skipping rope
skirting board
sledge
sleeper
sleeping partner
slowcoach
snakes and ladders
solicitor
soya/soya bean
splashback
spring onion
stag night
Stanley knife
starter
state school
storm in a teacup
surtitle
swede
sweet(s)
takeaway (food)
taxi rank

race car
railroad
court tennis
certified mail
license plate
retread
call collect
back-up lights
right triangle
beltway
European plan
carousel
traffic circle
rowboat
sailboat
sedan
sandbox
layer cake
sanitary napkin
self-rising flour
whole note
half step
stock option
shopping cart
model home
muffler
rump roast
wife-beater
skeleton in the closet
skim milk
jump rope
baseboard
sled
railroad tie
silent partner
slowpoke
chutes and ladders
lawyer
soy/soybean
backsplash
green onion
bachelor party
utility knife
appetizer
public school
tempest in a teapot
supertitle
rutabaga
candy
takeout; to go
taxi stand

tea towel
terrace house
tick
ticket tout
tights
timber
titbit
toffee apple
touch wood
trade union
trading estate
trainers
tram
transport cafe
trolley
twelve-bore
unalike
underground
vacuum flask
verge (of a road)
vest
veterinary surgeon
wagon (on a train)
waistcoat
walking frame
wardrobe
water ice
weatherboard
white coffee
white spirit
wholemeal bread
windcheater
windscreen
wing (of a car)
worktop
Yale lock
zebra crossing
zed (letter Z)
zip

dish towel
row house
check mark
scalper
pantyhose
lumber
tidbit
candy apple
knock on wood
labor union
industrial park
sneakers
streetcar; cable car
truck stop
shopping cart
twelve-gauge
unlike
subway
thermos bottle
shoulder
undershirt
veterinarian
car
vest
walker
closet
Italian ice
clapboard
coffee with cream
mineral spirits
wholewheat bread
windbreaker
windshield
fender
countertop
cylinder lock
crosswalk
zee
zipper