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Lump

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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Accumulate 76% connected

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

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Agglomeration 76% connected

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.

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Amass 76% connected

To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Compile 76% connected

To put together; to construct; to build.

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Enlargement 76% connected

The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Hoard 76% connected

See Hoarding, 2.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Symptom 76% connected

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…

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Bloat 76% connected

To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlarg…

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Bunion 76% connected

Same as Bunyon.

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Clew 76% connected

Alt. of Clue

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Clot 76% connected

A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

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Coagulum 76% connected

The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

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Dropsy 76% connected

An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

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Edema 76% connected

Same as oedema.

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Gob 76% connected

Same as Goaf.

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Hematocele 76% connected

A tumor filled with blood.

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Intumescence 76% connected

The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the a…

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Nodule 76% connected

A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

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Nugget 76% connected

A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.

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Oedema 76% connected

A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

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Tumidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being tumid.

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Apposition 74% connected

The act of adding; application; accretion.

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Apposition 74% connected

The act of adding; application; accretion.

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Chunk 74% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Chunk 74% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Lumpy 74% connected

Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

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Lumpy 74% connected

Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

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Synonym 13

Ball 92% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Chunk 92% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Clod 92% connected

A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.

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Clump 92% connected

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

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Collocate 92% connected

Set; placed.

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Gawk 92% connected

A cuckoo.

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Hunk 92% connected

A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread.

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Lout 92% connected

To bend; to box; to stoop.

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Lubber 92% connected

A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

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Lummox 92% connected

A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

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Oaf 92% connected

Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.

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Puffiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being puffy.

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Swelling 92% connected

of Swell

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