| CONTUMELY | • contumely n. Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult. • CONTUMELY n. contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance. |
| INTUMESCE | • intumesce v. To swell or enlarge (abnormally). • intumesce v. To bubble up (as the result of heating). • INTUMESCE v. to swell up. |
| INTUMESCED | • intumesced v. Simple past tense and past participle of intumesce. • INTUMESCE v. to swell up. |
| INTUMESCES | • intumesces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intumesce. • INTUMESCE v. to swell up. |
| CONTUMELIES | • contumelies n. Plural of contumely. • CONTUMELY n. contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance. |
| 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. |
| INTUMESCING | • intumescing v. Present participle of intumesce. • INTUMESCE v. to swell up. |
| CONTUMELIOUS | • contumelious adj. (Archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude. • CONTUMELIOUS adj. haughtily insolent. |
| 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. |
| INTUMESCENCY | • INTUMESCENCY n. the state of being intumescent. |
| INTUMESCENCES | • intumescences n. Plural of intumescence. • INTUMESCENCE n. a swollen or enlarged part of a plant or animal. |
| CONTUMELIOUSLY | • contumeliously adv. In a contumelious, insolent manner. • CONTUMELIOUS adv. haughtily insolent. |
| INTUMESCENCIES | • INTUMESCENCY n. the state of being intumescent. |