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intumescent (adjective), more intumescent, most intumescent
1. A reference to a substance that swells as a result of heat exposure; therefore, increasing in volume, and decreasing in density.
2. Pertaining to something that becomes enlarged or swollen.
This entry is located in the following units: -esce, -escent, -escence (page 5) tum-, tume-, -tumescence (page 1)