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Kind of head
Answer for the clue "Kind of head ", 7 letters:
swelled
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: big , vainglorious ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: swell )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swell \Swell\, v. i. [imp. Swelled ; p. p. Swelled or Swollen ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling .] [AS. swellan; akin to D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella, Sw. sv["a]lla.] To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, ...
Usage examples of swelled.
When I looked back to see if Lord Artos approved of my feat, my chest swelled a bit to see him nod.
The control panel shrank under his hands, then swelled and heaved like a storm-tossed sea.
But I'm,’ and Lunzie swelled with self-pride, ‘a nobody, no big family, no fortune, no connections - bar my present elegant company - and they don't need to know that.
The little river of Rhyndacus, which issues from the lake, swelled into a broad and rapid stream, and stopped the progress of the Goths.
This gang of robbers and outlaws swelled into a camp, a tribe, a numerous people, distinguished by the appellation of Geougen.
From nature he had received the gift of a handsome person, ^35 till it was swelled and disfigured by intemperance: and his propensity to laughter was corrected in the magistrate by the affectation of gravity and sternness.
It was well known that Gleto's personal fortune had also swelled to enormous proportions.
Near the knee, the veins swelled and melded with one another, distended abnormally.
That's a problem with some top graduates, but if you don't have a swelled head, I don't see why you should run into difficulties.
As it happens, and I don't want you getting swelled head about this, things have worked out very well.
Wider and wider the glowing green circle swelled, until the mouths were a doorway.
Their muscles swelled under their hides as they pulled the heavy metal panels aside to uncover the biggest cargo cradle of all.
Think about that, Petey boy, and get your swelled head back to normal.
He was aware of a mental engorgement, passing through him to Jeff, as if he himself had swelled to the size of a small moon.
Within him now swelled the resolve to manage a third generation of Rowan women.