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Ventriculous :: Ventriculous (a.) Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.

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..

Wind :: Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing..

Distending :: Distending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disten.

Distention :: Distention (n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs..

Distensible :: Distensible (a.) Capable of being distended or dilated.

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc..

Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp..

Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To stretch' to extend; to distend.

Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..

Fyke :: Fyke (n.) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net..

Inflate :: Inflate (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.

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..

Full-blown :: Full-blown (a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail..

Distention :: Distention (n.) Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..

Distent :: Distent (a.) Distended.

Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..

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