Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.

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Hematoma :: Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
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..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..
Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..
Fish-bellied :: Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..
Boswellian :: Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson..
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
Pod :: Pod (v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..
Detumescence :: Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.
Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.
Beal :: Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple..
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..
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