Taxes
In New York City, it's 8.875%; in Schenectady, 8.0%
Sales Tax
During an exam, your doctor will use drops to cause the pupils to do this, ophthalmologists' word for "widen"
dilate
With a knack for hardening into a rock-solid lump, this baking staple gets its signature flavor from molasses
brown sugar
Send me that report as a PDF, this "format"
portable document format
Dr. Adolf Meyer developed the "Big 4" of OT around the idea of needing to balance play, rest, sleep & this 4-letter word
work
Widely used in the European Union, the VAT stands for this
Value Added Tax
In optometry, "flashes" and "floaters" are 2 of the "4 F's" doctors often see in patients with a detached this
retina
Varieties of this baking ingredient include pastry, all-purpose & self-rising
flour
In the acronym for this computer language created at Dartmouth in the 1960s, the first letter stands for "Beginner's"
BASIC
OTs are expert makers & utilizers of these rigid supports used to immobilize or brace a limb
splints
Regarding your federal taxes, your W-4 form establishes your rate of this
Withholding
In optometry: V/A
visual acuity
Possibly named for a French cook, it's a small, rich cake baked in a shell-shaped mold
madeleine
It's what the "ML" stands for in HTML, used for creating Internet documents
Markup Language
Mountain climbing again thanks to OT, Aron Ralston had his survival story told in this 2010 James Franco film
127 Hours
the AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax)
It ensures that those who get tax breaks pay at least a certain amount; Kiplinger's called it "the tax we love to hate"
Toric contact lenses are designed to correct this condition when it's moderate
Astigmatism
2-word term for teeny iced & decorated cakes; the French also use it to describe small, fancy cookies
petits fours
It's an HTML command that formats a web page; the "meta" type gives general information about the page
tag
OT's help people with dressing, bathing, feeding & other ADL's, short for "activities of" this
daily life
SALT stands for "state and" these "taxes" & there's now a $10,000 limit on deducting them on your IRS 1040
Local
From the Greek for "gray", this condition may cause blindness by increasing pressure on the optic nerve
glaucoma
If you have the panache, you can use this type of French icing made of chocolate & cream, heated & stirred together
ganache
Tech pioneer Adele Goldberg helped develop a programming language used to create the first GUI, short for this, featuring icons & menus
graphical user interface
Nearly 1/3 of OT's work with children, often on the kids' cacography, bad this skill
handwriting