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Quinsy :: Quinsy (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey..

Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

Bulge :: Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall..

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

Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..

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

Olibanum :: Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.

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..

Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..

Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

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..

Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..

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

Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..

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

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