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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..

Swelldom :: Swell (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood..

Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.

Bump :: Bump (n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance..

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

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

Lampas :: Lampas (n.) An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.

Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..

Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

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..

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

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

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..

Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.

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

Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..

Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..

Swelling :: Swelling (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride..

Hove :: Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.

Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.

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