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Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.

Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Bomb :: Bomb (n.) A great noise; a hollow sound.

Fustian :: Fustian (n.) An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast..

Bombycid :: Bombycid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidae..

Bombardment :: Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place..

Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..

Highfaluting :: Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language..

Adansonia :: Adansonia (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth..

Bombolo :: Bombolo (n.) A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor..

Saddleback :: Saddleback (n.) The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back..

Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.

Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer..

Patamar :: Patamar (n.) A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon..

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) See Bombardo.

Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..

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

Explosion :: Explosion (n.) A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc..

Bombardo :: Bombardo (n.) Alt. of Bombardo.

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