swelling
Nouns
- (n) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement puffiness, lump,
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(n) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- (n) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) intumescence, intumescency,