intumescent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intumescent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for intumescent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intumescent adj 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" Synonym(s): puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intumescent \In`tu*mes"cent\, a. [L. intumescens, p. pr.] Swelling up; expanding.