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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..

Intumescence :: Intumescence (n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat..

Surge :: Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

Ventricous :: Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla..

Gourdy :: Gourdy (a.) Swelled in the legs.

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

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

Swell :: Swell (n.) The act of swelling.

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

Fish-bellied :: Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail..

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..

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..

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..

Swelt :: Swelt () imp. of Swell.

Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..

Olibanum :: Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.

Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..

Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh..

Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.

Strangulate :: Strangles (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells..

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