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Protuberance :: Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.

Surge :: Surge (n.) A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind..

Beat :: Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..

Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.

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

Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.

Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..

Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.

Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..

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

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

Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.

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..

Embillow :: Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..

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

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

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..

Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

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