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Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..

Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..

Tumor :: Tumor (n.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm..

Hematoma :: Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.

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

Plump :: Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped..

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

Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..

Apostemate :: Apostemate (v. i.) To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..

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

Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

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

Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..

Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.

Swollen :: Swelled (p. p.) of Swel.

Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..

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

Swelt :: Swelltoad (n.) A swellfish.

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