d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides

The temperature at noon had risen to 33 deg., and everything was more soakingly wet than ever, if that was possible.

The rapid handing out of the diplomas brought frequent applause—bits, spatters, volleys, as the case might be.

Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth.