Množina: auges

Filthy; difficult.

Singular of Augean stables is Augean stable.

(Greek mythology) The extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them.
(place in) filthy condition, from King Augean's stables in Greek mythology, uncleaned for thirty years.
In Greek mythology, the stables of Augeas, king of Elis in southern Greece. One of the labors of Heracles was to clean out the stables, which contained 3,000 cattle and had never been cleaned before. He was given only one day to do the labor and so diverted the river Alpheus through their yard.

Množina: augelites

Množina: augers

ETYM Old Eng. augoure, nauger, AS. nafegâr, from nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + gâr spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. Related to Nave (of a wheel) and Gore.
(Homonym: augur).
Hand tool for boring holes; SYN. gimlet, screw auger, wimble.
Hand-tool with corkscrew-shaped bit used for boring holes in wood; larger tool for boring holes in ground.
Tool for boring holes. In archeology a large auger is used to collect sediment and soil samples below ground without hand excavation, or to determine the depth and type of archeological deposits. The auger may be hand-or machine-powered.

Množina: Auger effects

A process in which an atom that has been ionized through the emission of an electron with energy in the X-ray range undergoes a transition in which a second electron is emitted rather than an X-ray photon — called also Auger process.

Množina: Auger electrons

An electron emitted from an atom in the Auger effect.