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Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..

Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..

Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..

Swale :: Swal (imp.) Swelled.

Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..

Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..

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

Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..

Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..

Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.

Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.

Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork..

Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.

Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..

Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.

Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..

Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..

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