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intumescence

intumescence is a 12-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses

Definitions

  1. 1noun

    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.

  2. 2noun

    Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

  3. 3noun

    the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

    Synonyms

    swelling
  4. 4noun

    swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)

Synonyms

swelling

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