Anagrams of: GASTRULATING

• purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials

• cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

• infuse or fill completely

• so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm

• an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

• a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)

• the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• supply with an excess of

• a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

• used to give emphasis

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• quick and energetic