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  • 101swelling — swell·ing || swelɪŋ n. act of something that swells; swollen condition; bulge, protuberance; abnormal enlargement (Medicine) swel n. act of swelling, distention; swollen part, protuberance; gradual increase; surge of feeling or emotion; long… …

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  • 102swells — swel n. act of swelling, distention; swollen part, protuberance; gradual increase; surge of feeling or emotion; long unbroken wave; elevation of land, slope; crescendo followed by a diminuendo (Music) adj. (Informal) amazing, excellent, great;… …

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  • 103swollen — swol·len || swəʊlÉ™n adj. distended, inflated, enlarged; conceited, puffed up with pride swel n. act of swelling, distention; swollen part, protuberance; gradual increase; surge of feeling or emotion; long unbroken wave; elevation of land,… …

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  • 104pooch — pooch1 noun informal a dog. Origin 1920s: of unknown origin. pooch2 verb US informal protrude or cause to protrude. Origin C17: from pouch …

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  • 105bulge — vb Bulge, jut, stick out, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle mean to extend outward beyond the usual and normal line. Bulge suggests a swelling out in an excessive or abnormal fashion; it may be used when the impression to be given… …

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  • 106pout — I [[t]paʊt[/t]] v. i. 1) to thrust out the lips, esp. in displeasure or sullenness 2) to look or be sullen 3) to swell out or protrude, as lips 4) to protrude (the lips) 5) to utter with a pout 6) the act of pouting; protrusion of the lips 7) a… …

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  • 107project — proj•ect n. [[t]ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt, ɪkt[/t]] or, esp. Brit., [[t]ˈproʊ dʒɛkt[/t]] v. [[t]prəˈdʒɛkt[/t]] n. 1) something that is planned or devised; a plan or scheme 2) a large or important undertaking, esp. one involving considerable expense, personnel,… …

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  • 108project — noun /ˈproʊdʒɛkt / (say prohjekt), /ˈprɒ / (say pro ) 1. something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; a plan; a scheme; an undertaking. –verb (t) /prəˈdʒɛkt / (say pruh jekt) 2. to propose, contemplate, or plan. 3. to throw, cast, or… …

  • 109toil — English has two words toil, one of them now used only in the plural. Toil ‘work’ comes via Anglo Norman toiler ‘stir, agitate, wrangle’ from Latin tudiculāre ‘stir around’. This was derived from tudicula ‘mill for crushing olives’, a diminutive… …

    Word origins

  • 110swell — [swel] vi. swelled, swelled or swollen, swelling [ME swellen < OE swellan; akin to Ger schwellen, ON svella] 1. to increase in volume or become larger as a result of pressure from within; expand; dilate 2. to become larger at a particular… …

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