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Swelling
- verb - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
- cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
- come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
- expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
- 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"
- the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often acco
Swilling
- verb - drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
- feed pigs
- the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly
Swirling
- verb - flow in a circular current, of liquids
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
Symploce
- noun - repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
Tabulata
- - An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.
Tabulate
- verb - arrange or enter in tabular form
- shape or cut with a flat surface
Tacklers
- noun - a football player who tackles the ball carrier
Tackling
- verb - accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"
- put a harness; "harness the horse"
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball