| RUTABAGA | The North American name for swede |
| LOON | The North American name for the type of bird known in the UK as a diver (4) |
| CARIBOU | The North American name for reindeer (7) |
| BIGDIPPER | North American name for the constellation The Plough (3,6) |
| BELLPEPPER | North American name for the fruit of the capsicum plant |
| HOLSTEIN | Usual North American name for the black-and-white dairy cattle breed known in the UK as Friesians (8) |
| ENGLISHHORN | Usual North American name for the cor anglais, of the woodwind family (7,4) |
| MILITARYTIME | A North American name for the 24-hour clock |
| CHECKERS | North American name for the game of draughts (8) |
| ROMAINE | The usual North American name for cos lettuce (7) |
| GARBANZO | Usual North American name for the chickpea, from Spanish (8) |
| TUXEDO | The usual North American name for a dinner jacket |
| EGGPLANT | Usual North American name for the aubergine (8) |
| SOCCER | The usual North American name for association football (6) |
| GURNEY | North American name for a wheeled stretcher used for transporting patients in a hospital (6) |
| STEER | Usual North American name for a young castrated bull, especially one raised for beef (5) |
| BURLAP | North American name for the fabric hessian, typically made from jute or hemp fibres (6) |
| ESCAROLE | Usual North American name for the salad plant Cichorium endivia, also known as Batavian endive (8) |
| YAM | Common, but inaccurate, North American name for the sweet potato (ipomoea batatas (3) |
| CILANTRO | Usual North American name for the leaves and stalks of coriander (Coriandrum sativum), from Spanish (8) |
