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intumescence

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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.

Puff′iness, state of being puffy or turgid: intumescence; Puff′ing, the act of praising extravagantly.

Diameter of its mouth one-fifth as long as the whole shell and two-thirds as long as the diameter of the equatorial intumescence.

Notice whether the substance fuses with the bead, and if so, whether there is intumescence or not.

In the reduction flame, upon charcoal, it is reduced to the metal with intumescence.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intumescence, such as: lump, nodule, wart, blob, bump, and bunch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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