'Intumescent' definitions:
Definition of 'intumescent'
adjective
Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" [syn:
puffy, intumescent,
tumescent,
tumid,
turgid]
Definition of 'Intumescent'
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Intumescent \In`tu*mes"cent\, a. [L. intumescens, p. pr.]
Swelling up; expanding.
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