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Inturgescence :: Inturgescence (n.) A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled..

Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..

Protuberation :: Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.

Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..

Bulge :: Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall..

Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.

Booming :: Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

Big :: Big (superl.) Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.

Rise :: Rise (n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..

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

Hone :: Hone (n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Piles :: Piles (n. pl.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.].

Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..

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

Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..

Varicosity :: Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers..

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

Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.

Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation..

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