Word Meanings - SWELLING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. Sir I. Newton. (more info) 1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring;
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an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. Sir I. Newton. (more info) 1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. Coleridge. 2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially ,
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- INTUMESCENCE
1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. The intumescence of nations. Johnson. 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, - PROTUBERANCE
That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances , certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which - SWELLTOAD
A swellfish. - TURGESCENCE; TURGESCENCY
1. The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent. Sir T. Browne. 2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity. Johnson. - SWELL
1. 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. 2. To increase in - SWELLDOM
People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively. - SWELLING
an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. Sir I. Newton. (more info) 1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; - CONVEXITY
The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness. A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. Bentley. - SWELLISH
Dandified; stylish. - EXCRESCENCE
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "Excrescences - SWELLFISH
Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon. - UPSWELL
To swell or rise up. - INTURGESCENCE
A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled. Sir T. Browne. - UNSWELL
To sink from a swollen state; to subside. Chaucer. - HEARTSWELLING
Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser. - BOSWELLISM
The style of Boswell. - HIGH-SWELLING
Inflated; boastful. - SUPEREXCRESCENCE
Something growing superfluously. - OUTSWELL
1. To exceed in swelling. 2. To swell beyond; to overflow. Hewyt. - BOSWELLIAN
Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.