22-letter words containing a, p, n
- unsaturated production — Unsaturated production is the production of smaller, unsaturated hydrocarbons from saturated hydrocarbons, for example producing alkenes such as ethane and propene.
- upright vacuum cleaner — a vacuum cleaner that is tall rather than wide
- urban development zone — an area that is designated as being a site for urban development
- valencia simple tasker — (operating system) (VSTa) A small microkernel based Unix-like operating system, taking ideas from QNX and Plan 9, available under GPL.
- verification principle — (in the philosophy of the logical positivists) the doctrine that nontautologous statements are meaningful only if it is in principle possible to establish empirically whether they are true or false
- video display terminal — Computers. a computer terminal consisting of a screen on which data or graphics can be displayed. Abbreviation: VDT.
- weigh anchor/up anchor — When the people on a boat weigh anchor or up anchor, they pull the anchor of the boat out of the water so that they can sail away.
- welsh springer spaniel — one of a Welsh breed of springer spaniels having a red and white coat.
- what can/do you expect — You can say 'What can you expect?' or 'What do you expect?' to emphasize that there is nothing surprising about a situation or a person's behaviour, especially if you find this disappointing.
- within someone's grasp — If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.
- woman police constable — a policewoman of the lowest rank
- workmen's compensation — compensation for death, injury, or accident suffered by a workman in the course of his employment and paid to him or his dependents
- yosemite national park — a national park in E California. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
- zero population growth — the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.