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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..

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

Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.

Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..

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..

Surge :: Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

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

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

Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..

Swelled :: Swelled (imp.) of Swel.

Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..

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

Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..

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..

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

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..

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

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

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

Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.

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