Swelling
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 1 Jun 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 8 Jan 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 19 Nov 2020
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 6 Nov 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 16 Jul 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 7 Jul 2017

Crossword Answers

3 letters

JUT
The act of projecting out from something

4 letters

LUMP
A compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

BUMP
Knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"

HUMP
Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

NODE
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

5 letters

BULGE
Cause to bulge or swell outwards

EDEMA
Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

7 letters

BLISTER
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

8 letters

DILATION
The act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye"

9 letters

PUFFINESS
An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

EXTRUSION
Squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

GIBBOSITY
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

10 letters

PROMINENCE
Relative importance

PROTRUSION
The act of projecting out from something

11 letters

EXCRESCENCE
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

GIBBOUSNESS
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

12 letters

PROTUBERANCE
The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"

INTUMESCENCE
Swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)

INTUMESCENCY
Swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)