| CONTUMELIES | • contumelies n. Plural of contumely. • CONTUMELY n. contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance.
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| CONTUMELIOUS | • contumelious adj. (Archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude. • CONTUMELIOUS adj. haughtily insolent.
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| CONTUMELIOUSLY | • contumeliously adv. In a contumelious, insolent manner. • CONTUMELIOUS adv. haughtily insolent.
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| CONTUMELY | • contumely n. Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult. • CONTUMELY n. contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance.
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| INTUMESCE | • intumesce v. To swell or enlarge (abnormally). • intumesce v. To bubble up (as the result of heating).
 • INTUMESCE v. to swell up.
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| INTUMESCED | • intumesced v. Simple past tense and past participle of intumesce. • INTUMESCE v. to swell up.
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| INTUMESCENCE | • intumescence n. (Uncountable) the process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen. • intumescence n. (Countable) an instance of such swelling.
 • INTUMESCENCE n. a swollen or enlarged part of a plant or animal.
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| INTUMESCENCES | • intumescences n. Plural of intumescence. • INTUMESCENCE n. a swollen or enlarged part of a plant or animal.
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| INTUMESCENCIES | • INTUMESCENCY n. the state of being intumescent. | 
| INTUMESCENCY | • INTUMESCENCY n. the state of being intumescent. | 
| INTUMESCENT | • intumescent adj. That becomes swollen, especially upon exposure to heat. • intumescent n. Any substance that swells on exposure to heat, thus increasing in volume and decreasing in density.
 • INTUMESCENT adj. swelling and charring when exposed to flame.
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| INTUMESCES | • intumesces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intumesce. • INTUMESCE v. to swell up.
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| INTUMESCING | • intumescing v. Present participle of intumesce. • INTUMESCE v. to swell up.
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