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Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..

Convex :: Convex (a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave..

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..

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

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.

Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

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..

Swell :: Swelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swel.

Bunt :: Bunt (v. i.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts..

Bigly :: Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently..

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

Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..

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..

Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..

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

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..

Vessignon :: Vessignon (n.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.

Surf :: Surf (n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach..

Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..

Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..

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