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Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.

Spinaceous :: Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed..

Swelling :: Swelling (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride..

Convex :: Convex (a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave..

Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..

Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..

Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.

Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.

Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..

Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..

Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.

Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..

High-swelling :: High-swelling (a.) Inflated; boastful.

Swelling :: Swelling (n.) A protuberance; a prominenc.

Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..

Wave :: Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..

Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..

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