Reverse Dictionary: ABSCESS

ADJECTIVES
► BEALED abscessed; festered; infected → 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► ABSCESSION an abscess → 1610 obs.
► ADDLE an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister → 1825 Eng. dial.
► ANT HEAP an abscess, a carbuncle → 1943 Amer. dial.
► APSE an abscess, a tumour → 1857 Eng. dial.
► BEAL an abscess; a pustule or boil → 1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BEALING an abscess; suppuration; a boil → 1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► IMPOSTUME an abscess → 1710 US
► INCOME an abscess, swelling, , boil, or other festering sore; a sharp attack of pain → 1808 Sc.
► INGROWTH an abscess, tumour, or the like → 1838 Sc.
► MAPSY an abscess → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NABSY ► NAPSY an abscess → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAISING an abscess, a boil, or other swelling → 1966 Amer. dial.