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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..

Surgeon :: Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood..

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

Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..

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

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.

Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..

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

Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.

Jointworm :: "Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop..

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

Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..

Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.

Pod :: Pod (v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods..

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

Wave :: Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..

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

Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.

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