| BORBORYGMUS | • borborygmus n. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines. • borborygmus n. (Figurative) Something resembling borborygmus. • BORBORYGMUS n. (Greek) a rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines. |
| CHEMOSURGERY | • chemosurgery n. (Medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances;… • CHEMOSURGERY n. the chemical removal of diseased or unwanted tissue. |
| CIRCUMGYRATION | • circumgyration n. Rotation, revolution. • circumgyration n. Circling, wheeling (around). • CIRCUMGYRATION n. a whirling around. |
| CIRCUMGYRATIONS | • circumgyrations n. Plural of circumgyration. • CIRCUMGYRATION n. a whirling around. |
| CIRCUMGYRATORY | • circumgyratory adj. Moving in a circle; turning round. • CIRCUMGYRATORY adj. whirling around. |
| COMPURGATORY | • compurgatory adj. Compurgatorial. • COMPURGATORY adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| CURRYCOMBING | • currycombing v. Present participle of currycomb. • curry-combing v. Present participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| HYDROMETALLURGY | • hydrometallurgy n. The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals… • HYDROMETALLURGY n. the treatment of ores by wet processes (as leaching). |
| MERRYTHOUGHT | • merrythought n. (Archaic) The furcula or wishbone. • MERRYTHOUGHT n. the furcula between the neck and breastbone of poultry, aka wishbone. |
| MERRYTHOUGHTS | • merrythoughts n. Plural of merrythought. • MERRYTHOUGHT n. the furcula between the neck and breastbone of poultry, aka wishbone. |
| MICROSURGERY | • microsurgery adj. Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body. • microsurgery n. Surgical procedures that are very small. • MICROSURGERY n. minute dissection or manipulation (as by a micromanipulator or laser beam) of living structures or tissue. |
| OSMOREGULATORY | • osmoregulatory adj. Of or pertaining to osmoregulation. • OSMOREGULATORY adj. relating to osmoregulation. |
| PYROMETALLURGY | • pyrometallurgy n. Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores. • PYROMETALLURGY adj. chemical metallurgy depending on heat action (as roasting and smelting). |