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20-letter words containing n, e, p, t, h, s

  • 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 pull your punches — If you say that someone does not pull their punches when they are criticizing a person or thing, you mean that they say exactly what they think, even though this might upset or offend people.
  • to put an end to sth — To put an end to something means to cause it to stop.
  • transposition cipher — a cipher that rearranges the letters of the plain text in a different sequence.
  • tubing head pressure — The tubing head pressure is the pressure on the tubing, which is measured at the wellhead.
  • turn an honest penny — to earn money fairly and honestly
  • under the impression — If you are under the impression that something is the case, you believe that it is the case, usually when it is not actually the case.
  • under the microscope — If you say that something is under the microscope, you mean that it is being studied very closely, usually because it is believed that something is wrong with it.
  • white elephant stall — a stall, usually at a fete or fundraising event, where unwanted possessions are sold
  • wipe the slate clean — begin afresh
  • with one's eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • working relationship — a relationship with a colleague, boss or employee
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