A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

An unexpected, temporary, uncontrolled increase in current or voltage in an electrical circuit; a voltage spike. / An unexpected and uncontrolled increase in the output power of an engine or motor.

laparoscopy

Long narrow water craft (about 18 feet long) seating one person, propelled by paddling with a two-ended paddle and incorporating a small rudder controlled by foot levers. Designed for recreation or competition in surf, especially surf life saving, but only for going straight out and in, not for surfing across a wave like a wave ski.

The activity of rescuing swimmers in distress at surf beaches. / The movement promoting and organising that activity.

plural of surrounding

The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.

(surgery, military, colloquial) Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible.

A man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat. / (fortifications) A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.

of, or relating to surrealism