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Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..

Rise :: Rise (n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..

Bur Fish :: Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish..

Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.

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

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..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..

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

Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..

Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.

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

Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

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.

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..

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.

Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.

Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..

Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..

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