Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency, swelling
Definition: the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
Similar words: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
Definition: (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
Synonyms: protrusion, protuberance, prominence, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, excrescence, extrusion, bulge, bump, swelling
Definition: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Usage: 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
Similar words: projection
Definition: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Synonyms: swelling, puffiness, lump
Definition: an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Similar words: symptom
Definition: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Similar words: enlargement
Definition: the state of being enlarged