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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..

Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

Surge :: Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

Swoln :: Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams..

Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.

Oedema :: Oedema (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.

Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..

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..

Size :: Size (v. t.) To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..

Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.

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

Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..

Sea :: Sea (n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea..

Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..

Chilblain :: Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration..

Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..

Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.

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..

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