urg-, [erg-], -urgy, -urgia, -urgical, -urgically, -urgist, -urge (Greek: work)
This urg- is a transformation of those which are located in the erg- unit.
hierurgy
Sacred work or performance.
liturgy
maneuver
manure
1. To work with the hands; to spread manually (from Anglo-Frrench meynoverer, from Old French manouvrer, "to work with the hands".
2. Material, especially barnyard or stable dung, often with discarded animal bedding, used to fertilize soil.
3. To fertilize (soil) by applying material such as barnyard dung.
The sense of "work the earth" led to "put dung on the soil" (1599) and to the current noun meaning "dung spread as fertilizer," which is first attested in 1549. metallurgic
metallurgy
neururgic
panurgy
psammurgical
A word meaning literally "pertaining to the working of (or in) sand"; an esoteric term in used in Alchemy.
psychosurgery
1. The treatment of mental disorders with surgery of the brain; for example, lobotomy.
2. Brain surgery for the purpose of modifying emotions or behavior, especially in the treatment of psychosis, in the absence of demonstrable organic brain disease, most commonly by means of interrupting the nerve fibers connecting the frontal and limbic systems.
psychurgy
The mind at work; mental function or activity.
pyrogenic distillation
1. The thermal decomposition of hydrocarbons in a petroleum refinery at high temperatures, high pressures, or both.
2. A cracking process that runs at high temperatures, high pressures, or both; resulting in greater yields of the light hydrocarbon components of gasoline.
pyrotechnic pistol
A single-shot device designed specifically for projecting pyrotechnic signals.
surgeon
surgery
Cross references related to "work, toil" word families:
argo-;
ergasio-;
ergo-;
labor-;
oper-;
pono-.
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