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Seated Spinal Twist (Maricyasana): A twist pose. Sit in Rod or Staff pose. Bend one leg into your thigh and rotate your upper body against the leg.

Twist Serve: A serve hit with a combination of slice and topspin which results in a curving trajectory and high bounce in the opposite direction of the balls flight trajectory. (see kick serve).

Twist Ending: Another term for an O. Henry ending.

Twist Drill: A commonly used metal-cutting drill, usually made with two flutes running around the body.

Twist: Before fermentation, the leaves need to be crushed to initiate oxidation. This imparts the curled appearance of the finished leaf.

Twisted Pair: A type of cabling in which two small insulated copper wires are wrapped and twisted around each other to minimize interference. Twisted pair is used in UTP and STP cabling on Ethernet networks.

Twister: A slang term used in the United States for a tornado.

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP): The most common and inexpensive network cabling, available for multiple category standards such as 3, 5, 5e and 6. Utilizes twisted copper wires to try and avoid interference on the line.

Twisty: A coffee showing differing negative characteristics in a single cup or from cup to cup. A coffee with unreliable characteristics.

Twisting: The period during which the SEC inspects registration statement and preliminary prospectus prior to a new issue or secondary distribution.