intumescencen.
/ɪntjuːˈmɛsəns/ 1.
a. The process of swelling up.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > swelling or swollenness
bolninga1340
bollingc1390
bossingc1440
tumour?1541
swelling1577
bulking1599
outswelling1611
swelth1631
turgescence1631
puffedness1648
intumescency1650
inturgescency1650
intumescence1656
obtumescence1657
bloatedness1660
tumefaction1666
turgescency1666
turgence1671
swell1683
tumidness1688
puffiness1699
tumidity1721
turgidity1732
inturgescence1755
tumescence1859
swollenness1902
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Intumescence, a swelling, puffing or uprising.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall (1682) iv. 27 A farther and sufficient manifestation, whence the intumescence of the bladder proceeds.
1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2141 The Lungs are dilated..; upon their Dilatation follows the Intumescence of the Diaphragme as of a Sail.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. As much superiour to human resistance, as the revolutions of the sky, or intumescence of the tide.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks i. 15 Its intumescence forces it to exude through a crack or hole in the cover of the vessel.
b. figurative in reference to language.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style
inflation1603
windinessa1613
ranting1633
tumoura1639
turgency1654
tympany1680
swell1744
turgidity1756
turgidness1757
tumidity1791
ráiméis1828
mouthiness1830
spread-eagleism1858
inflatedness1867
ampullosity1869
telegraphese1870
mouthing1876
Barnumese1889
intumescence1893
1893 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 56 274/2 The flatulent intumescence of Dr. Parr.
2. Physiology. A swelling of the tissue of any organ or part of the body, or of a plant. Also concrete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun] > a swelling or protuberance
ampereOE
kernelc1000
wenc1000
knot?c1225
swella1250
bulchc1300
bunchc1325
bolninga1340
botcha1387
bouge1398
nodusa1400
oedemaa1400
wax-kernel14..
knobc1405
nodule?a1425
more?c1425
bunnyc1440
papa1450
knurc1460
waxing kernel?c1460
lump?a1500
waxen-kernel1500
bump1533
puff1538
tumour?1541
swelling1542
elevation1543
enlarging1562
knub1563
pimple1582
ganglion1583
button1584
phyma1585
emphysema?1587
flesh-pimple1587
oedem?a1591
burgeon1597
wartle1598
hurtle1599
pough1601
wart1603
extumescence1611
hulch1611
peppernel1613
affusion1615
extumescency1684
jog1715
knibloch1780
tumefaction1802
hunch1803
income1808
intumescence1822
gibber1853
tumescence1859
whetstone1886
tumidity1897
Osler's node1920
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 248 Producing a kind of general intumescence of the abdomen on the right side.
1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 313/1 The compression made by the intumescence of the muscles.
1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §391 A little swelling or intumescence, formed of very spongy cellular tissue, and containing a great deal of fluid.
1861 F. H. Ramadge Curability of Consumption 76 In consequence of mucous bronchial intumescence.
3.
a. The bubbling up of a fluid or molten mass.
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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun]
boilingc1384
fervence14..
bubblinga1500
burbling1528
bullitiona1626
ebullition1646
fermentationa1661
intumescence1661
effervescence1685
struggle1741
struggling1764
bubblement1842
bubble1870
creaming1888
hotter1923
1661 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mech. iii. xx The intumescence of it might proceed from small parcels of air..harboured in the body of that liquor.
1696 W. Cowper in Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 234 This Intumescence and agitation of the matter is made in the Stomach.
1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 287 The mixture melted without intumescence.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 112 Before the blowpipe sodalite fuses with intumescence to a colourless glass.
b. figurative. Excited spirit or feeling.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > [noun]
excitation1393
motiona1398
concitation1534
erectiona1586
fermentationc1660
effervescence1744
effervescency1767
intumescence1775
electricity1796
electrization1798
sensation1807
electrification1835
bubblement1842
excitement1846
suscitation1870
exuberation1889
splash1899
rousedness1915
adrenaline1928
drama1930
1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 20 The intumescence of nations would have found its vent, like all other expansive violence, where there was least resistance.
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