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Whiff :: Whiff (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff..

Puffer :: Puffer (n.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish..

Puffball :: Puffball (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin..

Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..

Puff :: Puff (n.) A puffball.

Whiffet :: Whiffet (n.) A little whiff or puff.

Puffer :: Puffer (n.) A kier.

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..

Marrot :: Marrot (n.) The puffin.

Bepuffed :: Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised.

Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..

Flatus :: Flatus (n.) A breath; a puff of wind.

Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

Gasteromycetes :: Gasteromycetes (n. pl.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs..

Yeast :: Yeast (n.) The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Auk :: Auk (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre..

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter..

Puff :: Puff (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal..

Puffer :: Puffer (n.) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.

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