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

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

Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.

Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..

Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.

Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..

Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

Bullate :: Bullate (a.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.

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

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..

Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river..

Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.

Deflate :: Deflate (v. t.) To reduce from an inflated condition.

Fustian :: Fustian (n.) An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast..

Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..

Inflater :: Inflater (n.) One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange..

Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement..

Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.

Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.

Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

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