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20-letter words containing a, d, h, e

  • the (great) unwashed — The unwashed or the great unwashed is a way of referring to poor or ordinary people.
  • the day of judgement — a Christian term for the ending of the world
  • the founding fathers — any of the men who were members of the U.S. Constituional Convention of 1787
  • the garment industry — the manufacturing of items of clothing
  • the grove of academe — the academic world
  • the hearing impaired — people whose hearing is partially defective
  • the last word in sth — If you say that something is the last word in luxury, comfort, or some other quality, you are emphasizing that it has a great deal of this quality.
  • the luck of the draw — If you say that something is the luck of the draw, you mean that it is the result of chance and you cannot do anything about it.
  • the metadata company — (company)   A company founded by Jack E. Myers, originally known as Metadata Information Partners. Myers trademarked the word "Metadata" (unhyphenated with initial capital, as opposed to the general term metadata) to represent implementations of his MetaModel and to designate his company. Myers claims that a data and publication search in the summer of 1969 failed to discover any use either of the word "metadata" or "meta data". E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 444 West Ocean Blvd, Suite 1600, Long Beach CA 90802, USA.
  • the order of the day — If a particular way of behaving or doing something is the order of the day, it is very common.
  • the other way around — reversed
  • the ten commandments — the commandments summarizing the basic obligations of man towards God and his fellow men, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai engraved on two tables of stone (Exodus 20:1–17)
  • the thousand guineas — an annual horse race, restricted to fillies, run at Newmarket since 1814
  • the whole nine yards — everything that is required; the whole thing
  • the-lady-of-the-lake — a narrative poem (1810) by Sir Walter Scott.
  • theater-in-the-round — arena theater.
  • theatre-in-the-round — a theatre with seats arranged around a central acting area
  • thermal conductivity — the amount of heat per unit time per unit area that can be conducted through a plate of unit thickness of a given material, the faces of the plate differing by one unit of temperature.
  • thermodynamic system — a system whose states of equilibrium can be specified by a few macroscopic properties.
  • third-party software — software created by programmers or publishers independent of the manufacturer of the hardware for which it is intended.
  • thirteenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery.
  • thomas of erceldouneThomas of, Thomas of Erceldoune.
  • thread language zero — (language)   (TL0) The instruction set of the TAM (Threaded Abstract Machine), used to implement Id.
  • three-dimensionality — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
  • three-thorned acacia — honey locust.
  • throw up one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • to be at loggerheads — to be in conflict
  • to disturb the peace — If someone is accused of disturbing the peace, they are accused of behaving in a noisy and offensive way in public.
  • to flog a dead horse — If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible.
  • to hit the headlines — Someone or something that hits the headlines or grabs the headlines gets a lot of publicity from the media.
  • to keep your hand in — If you do something to keep your hand in, you practise a skill or hobby occasionally in order to remain fairly good at it.
  • to put an end to sth — To put an end to something means to cause it to stop.
  • tribromoacetaldehyde — bromal.
  • trichloroacetic acid — a toxic, deliquescent, and colorless crystalline compound, C 2 HCl 3 O 2 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, herbicides, and other chemicals, and as a reagent for the detection of albumin. Abbreviation: TCA.
  • triphenylmethane dye — any of a great number of dyes, as gentian violet, fuchsin, and rosaniline, produced from triphenylmethane by replacement of the ring hydrogen atoms with hydroxy, amino, sulfo, or other atoms or groups.
  • tubing head pressure — The tubing head pressure is the pressure on the tubing, which is measured at the wellhead.
  • twisted stomach worm — stomach worm.
  • uncertificated share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
  • unified screw thread — a screw thread system introduced for defence equipment (1939–44), in which the thread form and pitch were a compromise between British Standard Whitworth and American Standard Sellers: adopted by the International Standards Organization
  • university of durham — (body, education)   A busy research and teaching community in the historic cathedral city of Durham, UK (population 61000). Its work covers key branches of science and technology and traditional areas of scholarship. Durham graduates are in great demand among employers and the University helps to attract investment into the region. It provides training, short courses, and expertise for industry. Through its cultural events, conferences, tourist business and as a major employer, the University contributes in a wide social and economic sense to the community. Founded in 1832, the University developed in Durham and Newcastle until 1963 when the independent University of Newcastle upon Tyne came into being. Durham is a collegiate body, with 14 Colleges or Societies which are a social and domestic focus for students. In 1992, the Universities of Durham and Teesside launched University College, Stockton-on-Tees, which has 190 students in the first year.
  • uranium hexafluoride — a colorless, water-insoluble, crystalline, volatile solid, UF 6 , used in its gaseous state in separating uranium 235 from uranium.
  • valve-in-head engine — I-head engine.
  • video graphics array — (hardware)   (VGA) A display standard for IBM PCs, with 640 x 480 pixels in 16 colours and a 4:3 aspect ratio. There is also a text mode with 720 x 400 pixels. IBM technical references define the *product name* of their original VGA display board as "Video Graphics Array", in contrast to the preceding boards, the "Color Graphics Adapter" (CGA) and "Enhanced Graphics Adapter" (EGA). See also Super Video Graphics Adapter.
  • visual merchandising — Visual merchandising is the use of attractive displays and floor plans to increase customer numbers and sales volumes.
  • visually handicapped — unable to carry out normal activities because of defects of vision, including blindness
  • weights and measures — units or standards of measurement
  • wheeling and dealing — the use of different methods and contacts, often dishonestly, to achieve one's ends
  • white-lipped peccary — a piglike artiodactyl mammal, Tayassu albirostris, of forests of southern North America, Central and South America: family Tayassuidae
  • wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
  • with all due respect — despite my regard for you
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