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Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork..

Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.

Mandrill :: Mandrill (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red..

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.

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

Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.

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..

Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.

Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.

Windgall :: Windgall (n.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.

Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..

Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..

Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..

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

Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling..

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

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

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..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..

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