Intumesce(v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.
Intumesced(imp. & p. p.) of Intumesce
Intumescence(n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.
Intumescence(n.) Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
Intumescent(a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Intumescing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intumesce
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