flat·u·lence

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• flat|u|lence — «FLACH uh luhns», noun. 1. excessive gas in the stomach or intestines. 2. Figurative. pompous speech or behavior; vanity; emptiness …   Useful english dictionary

• lence — am·biv·a·lence; be·nev·o·lence; con·do·lence; cor·pu·lence; crap·u·lence; equi·pol·lence; equiv·a·lence; ex·cel·lence; fec·u·lence; flat·u·lence; floc·cu·lence; fraud·u·lence; in·do·lence; in·so·lence; ma·lev·o·lence; mul·ti·va·lence; op·u·lence; …   English syllables

• flat — af·flat·ed; flat; flat·boat·man; flat·head; flat·head·ed; flat·ite; flat·let; flat·ly; flat·ness; flat·tail; flat·ted; flat·ten·er; flat·ter·er; flat·tery; flat·tie; flat·tish; flat·u·lence; flat·u·lent; flat·u·lent·ly; flat·u·os·i·ty;… …   English syllables

• flatulence — flat·u·lence …   English syllables

• flatulence — flat·u·lence (flăchʹə ləns) n. 1. The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract. 2. Self importance; pomposity. * * * ▪ physiology       the presence of excessive amounts of gas in the stomach or intestine, which sometimes results in the… …   Universalium

• flatulence — flat|u|lence [ˈflætjuləns US tʃə ] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Latin flatus act of blowing ] the condition of having too much gas in the stomach >flatulent adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• flatulence — flat|u|lence [ flætʃələns ] noun uncount too much gas in your stomach or INTESTINES …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Flatulence — Excess gas in the intestinal tract. But what is excess flatulence is difficult to define without a yardstick to measure the "normal" frequency of gas passages. Symptom free individuals have recorded approximately 14 passages of gas per… …   Medical dictionary

• Flatulence — Flat u*lence, Flatulency Flat u*len*cy, n. [Cf. F. flatulence.] The state or quality of being flatulent. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Flatulency — Flatulence Flat u*lence, Flatulency Flat u*len*cy, n. [Cf. F. flatulence.] The state or quality of being flatulent. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English