20-letter words containing a, p, u, n, t, d
- put the hard word on — to ask or demand something from
- refuse disposal unit — a unit or part of a sink that disposes of waste food, etc, by grinding
- specific conductance — conductivity (def 2).
- specific-conductance — conductivity (def 2).
- ste. anne de beaupre — a village in S Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence, NE of Quebec: Roman Catholic shrine.
- subpoena duces tecum — a writ directing a person to appear in court and to bring some document described in the writ.
- temperature gradient — rate of change of temperature with distance.
- 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 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 make up your mind — If you make up your mind or make your mind up, you decide which of a number of possible things you will have or do.
- to put an end to sth — To put an end to something means to cause it to stop.
- to spread your wings — If you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience.
- transposed conjugate — adjoint (def 2).
- tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
- tubing head pressure — The tubing head pressure is the pressure on the tubing, which is measured at the wellhead.
- united arab republic — a name given the union of Egypt and Syria from 1958 to 1961; after that, the official name of Egypt alone until 1971. Abbreviation: U.A.R.
- war production board — the board (1942–45) that supervised and regulated the production and sale of matériel essential to the logistics of World War II. Abbreviation: WPB, W.P.B.
- working-capital fund — a fund established to finance operating activities in an industrial enterprise.