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Ripieno :: Ripieno (a.) Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato..

Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.

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..

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

Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..

Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..

Swell :: Swell (n.) The act of swelling.

Node :: Node (n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint..

Swollen :: Swollen () p. p. of Swell.

Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..

Swelt :: Swelltoad (n.) A swellfish.

Pursy :: Pursy (a.) Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence..

Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..

Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..

Ventricous :: Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla..

Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells..

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

Burnish :: Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large..

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