puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid
(adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; “hungry children with bloated stomachs”; “he had a grossly distended stomach”; “eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”; “swollen hands”; “tumescent tissue”; “puffy tumid flesh”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intumescent (comparative more intumescent, superlative most intumescent)
That becomes swollen, especially upon exposure to heat
intumescent (plural intumescents)
Any substance that swells on exposure to heat, thus increasing in volume and decreasing in density.
Source: Wiktionary
In`tu*mes"cent, a. Etym: [L. intumescens, p. pr.]
Definition: Swelling up; expanding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
