26-letter words containing h, a, n, d, c
- shielded metal arc welding — Shielded metal arc welding is a process in which a coated wire is melted to fill spaces between parts. The molten coating floats to the surface of the molten metal to protect it from the atmosphere.
- statistical-thermodynamics — the science that deals with average properties of the molecules, atoms, or elementary particles in random motion in a system of many such particles and relates these properties to the thermodynamic and other macroscopic properties of the system.
- straight-line depreciation — Straight-line depreciation is a method of depreciation in which an equal amount of depreciation is taken each year.
- the inland revenue service — (in the US) a government board that administers and collects major direct taxes
- the royal and ancient club — a golf club, headquarters of the sport's ruling body, based in St Andrews, Scotland
- to batten down the hatches — If someone battens down the hatches, they prepare themselves so that they will be able to survive a coming difficulty or crisis.
- to catch hold of something — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- to come to a grinding halt — If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.
- to preach to the converted — If you say that someone is preaching to the converted, you mean that they are wasting their time because they are trying to persuade people to think or believe in things that they already think or believe in.
- two sides of the same coin — opposite but connected ideas