OROGENY

orogeny

(noun) the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth’s crust)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

orogeny (countable and uncountable, plural orogenies)

(geology) The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.

Anagrams

• goonery

Source: Wiktionary



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SUFFOCATION

(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”


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