SwellingWordNet Explorer
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noun
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
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(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Words in this synset: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion
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any solid convex shape that juts out from something
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either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
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prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
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a part that bulges deeply
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a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure