plural of mastoid process

An oil used not for lubrication but as a component of another material, or as a carrier of other products.

Negotiations towards the peaceful settlement of a long-running conflict.

A method of extracting gold and silver from their ores with a solution of sodium cyanide / A process of case-hardening iron or steel by immersing it in molten cyanide and then quenching in water or oil

Any of several types of natural cheese that are pasteurized to lengthen storage life and combined with emulsifiers to aid smoothness. In some cases processed cheeses contain added colorings and preservatives.

The conical, nipple-like projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone, that is situated behind the ear in humans and many other vertebrates, and serves as a site of muscle attachment.

(physics, astronomy) the relatively slow nucleosynthesis process, in giant stars, in which neutron capture synthesises elements up to atomic mass number 210 (at which point alpha decay becomes a deterrent to further building).

(law enforcement) A deliverer of processes or summonses, the formal announcements of the beginning of a legal action; a huissier de justice or other equivalent position in other legal systems.

(law) The delivery of information to a person or entity providing notice that they are being sued with sufficient detail for them to respond to the suit.

(physics, astronomy) any nucleosynthesis process, details of which are unclear, that accounts for the light elements lithium, berylium and boron which cannot survive in stellar interiors because they are destroyed by proton capture