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Rise :: Rise (v.) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer..

Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.

Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..

Urocele :: Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.

Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..

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..

Botch :: Botch (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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

Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.

Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.

Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.

Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.

Detumescence :: Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.

Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

Fish-bellied :: Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail..

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

Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..

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