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Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..

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

Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.

Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

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

Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.

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

Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.

Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

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

Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.

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

Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.

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..

Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..

Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.

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

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.

Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..

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