flat-, flatu- +

1. Creative inspiration, usually thought of as being from a divine source.
2. A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration.
3. Etymology: "miraculous communication of supernatural knowledge" (1665), from Latin afflatus, "a breathing upon, a blast", from the past participle stem of afflare, "to blow upon"; from ad-, "to" + flare, "to blow".

1. To bring together; to meld or to fuse.
2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.
3. Etymology: from Latin conflat-, past participle stem of conflare, "to blow together"; also, "to melt together"; from con-, "with" + flare. "to blow".

1. A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
2. The process or result of fusing items into one entity; such as, fusion, amalgamation.
3. The combination of two variant texts into a new one.
4. Combining or blending of two or more versions of a text; confusion or mixing up.

1. To let out air or gas from an inflatable object with the result that it shrinks or collapses, or to lose air or gas.
2. To destroy somebody's confidence or to make someone less self-assured or conceited.
3. To show that a theory or argument is wrong.
4. To bring about deflation in the economy or the money supply.
5. Etymology: a reference to balloons, coinage based on inflate; from Latin deflare, meaning "to blow away", but in the modern word the prefix is presented in the sense of "down."

1. The release, or escape, of air or gas from something, resulting in its shrinking or collapsing.
2. A sudden loss of confidence, self-assurance, or conceit.
3. A persistent decrease in the level of consumer prices or a persistent increase in the purchasing power of money because of a reduction in available currency and credit.
2. The erosion of soil by the wind.

Deflation, an economic inconvenience or a serious problem

Economic deflation refers to a decline in general price levels, often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or credit.

Deflation can also be brought about by direct contractions in spending, either in the form of a reduction in government spending, personal spending, or investment spending.

Deflation has often had the side effect of increasing unemployment in an economy, since the process often leads to a lower level of demand by people for products in the various economic areas.

1. Undergoing, or creating, a lower level of general economic activity.
2. Serving to reduce or to destroy someone else's self-assurance or confidence.

A lake in a basin that was formed primarily by wind erosion; especially, in arid or semiarid regions.

1. Excessive gas, or air, in the stomach and intestines.
2. The production of a mixture of gases or air in the digestive tract of mammals or other animals that are byproducts of the digestion process.

Such a mixture of gases is known as flatus, and is expelled from the rectum in a process colloquially referred to as "passing gas".

Under certain circumstances, food particles from the small intestine may pass undigested through the large intestine (the area where the fermentation process is facilitated). When the bacteria present in the colon attacks these undigested materials, the resulting gas gives the flatus its characteristic odor.

1. Windiness in the stomach; air generated in a weak stomach and intestines by imperfect digestion, occasioning distension, uneasiness, pain, and often belchings.
2. A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
3. Airiness; emptiness; vanity.

Affected with or characterized by flatus (gas in the the stomach or the intestinal tract) or flatulence (excessive amount of gas in the stomach or intestine).

Dyspepsia (ingestion) marked by a sensation of abdominal fullness.

This condition may produce an excessive eructation of gas, better known as burping or belching; that is, casting up wind (expelling air noisily) from the stomach through the mouth.

Causing, or generating, flatulence.

Certain foods can be considered as flatulogenics or “gassers”. Some foods can cause excessive flatulence, earning them the reputation of being the top flatus producers; including, beans, bran, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and onions. For some people, beer, carbonated beverages, and milk can also be counted in this group.

There are some foods that are mildly flatulogenic; such as, apples, apricots, bananas, carrots, celery, all citrus fruits, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, potatoes, prunes and raisins, radishes, soybeans and spinach can all be classified under this flatulogenic group.

A reference to conditions, or situations, which can cause or generate flatulence.

Stress is known to trigger, to aggravate, or to cause, flatulence for some people.

1. A reference to gas, or air, production in the bowels.
2. Pretentious, pompous, inflated.
3. Etymology: from Latin flatus, "blowing" + Greek -poietic, "creation".

1. Gas in the digestive, or intestinal, tract.
2. Expelling of gas, or air, from a body orifice; especially, the anus.

The passing of gas may average a dozen a day in some people and up to a hundred in others.

Flatus from the loser intestinal tract contains hydrogen, methane, skatoles (white crystalline organic compound having a strong fecal odor), indoles (bacterial decomposition in the intestine), carbon dioxide, and small amounts of oxygen and nitrogen.

The foul smell usually is caused by small traces of gases; such as, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and methane.