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Blister

A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

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Vesicate 84% connected

To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.

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Vesicate 84% connected

To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Assail 76% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Assault 76% connected

A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Cyst 76% connected

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in…

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Defect 76% connected

Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

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Enation 76% connected

Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

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Fault 76% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Flaw 76% connected

A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

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Intumesce 76% connected

To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Snipe 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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Swell 76% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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Tumefy 76% connected

To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.

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Vesicle 76% connected

A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.

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Pustule 76% connected

A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.

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Blebby 74% connected

Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass.

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Blebby 74% connected

Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass.

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Bulla 74% connected

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

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Bulla 74% connected

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

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Synonym 6

Bleb 92% connected

A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.

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Bulla 92% connected

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scald 92% connected

To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scorch 92% connected

To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vesicate 92% connected

To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whip 92% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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