'Intumescent' definitions:

Definition of 'intumescent'

From: WordNet
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" [syn: puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid]

Definition of 'Intumescent'

From: GCIDE
  • Intumescent \In`tu*mes"cent\, a. [L. intumescens, p. pr.] Swelling up; expanding. [1913 Webster]