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Puffy

Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Stormy 84% connected

Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy…

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Stormy 84% connected

Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy…

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Puff 74% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Puff 74% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Bloated 92% connected

of Bloat

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Distended 92% connected

of Distend

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Gusty 92% connected

Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.

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Intumescent 92% connected

Swelling up; expanding.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swollen 92% connected

of Swell

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Tumid 92% connected

Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

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Turgid 92% connected

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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