intumescence
Americannoun
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a swelling up, as with congestion.
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the state of being swollen.
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a swollen mass.
Other Word Forms
- intumescent adjective
Etymology
Origin of intumescence
Example Sentences
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Perhaps his admirers may answer, that my remark is but the ramification of envy, the intumescence of ill-nature, the exacerbation of 'gloomy malignity.'
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The intumescence continued till it seemed to burst, and exhibited a shocking sight of foam and blood, during which the quack appeared in extreme agonies, and excited the commiseration of all the bye-standers.
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Notice whether the substance fuses with the bead, and if so, whether there is intumescence or not.
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Stilbite is characterized by its form, difficult gelatinizing, and intumescence before the blowpipe; from natrolite as mentioned under that species.
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Here, an intumescence which was to become a mountain, there, an abyss which was to be filled with an ocean or a sea.
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