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

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..

Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.

Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..

Swoln :: Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams..

Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness..

Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..

Dilate :: Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

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

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..

Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..

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

Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..

Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..

Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..

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

Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..

Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.

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