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Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..

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

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

Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.

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

Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.

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

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

Anasarca :: Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin..

Big :: Big (superl.) Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.

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..

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

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

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

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

Strangulate :: Strangles (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells..

Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.

Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.

Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat..

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