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Bulge :: Bulge (v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges..

Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

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..

Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling..

Inturgescence :: Inturgescence (n.) A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer..

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

Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit..

Detumescence :: Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

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..

Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.

Bump :: Bump (n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance..

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..

Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.

Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..

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

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

Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.

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