Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center R&D Communication Reference Guide

Please use the following preferred terminology when writing a document.

backcalculation

clear-cut

coleader (codirector)

co-op

cost effective

cross section

day-to-day

decisionmaking

Federal

Federal aid (as a noun)

Federal-Aid Highway Program (official)

Federal-aid program (generic)

federally recognized (as an adverb)

fine-tune

free flowing

hands-on

indepth

in-place

in-house

in-service (adjective/adverb for bridge or road operational status, e.g., in-service bridge inspection)

lifecycle

long-range (as adjective)

long-term (as adjective)

misstate

multiagency

multiyear

multidimensional

nondestructive (nonattainment, noncohesive, nonconforming, nonresponsive, etc.)

offsite

ongoing

online

offsite

onsite

pooled fund

prequalify

preregister

prerequisite

preset

prestressed

post-stressed

reenact

regrade

retest

reinstitute

reengineer

right-of-way

self-contained

short-term (as adjective)

State

statewide

thought-out

time-consuming

two-sided

ultrawide band

underestimate

Web page (World Wide Web, Web, Internet, Intranet)

website

webinar

workgroup