The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NODES , but the solution may also be LUMPS which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in New York Times).
Swellings crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NODES | 41 % | 5 |
| EDEMAS | 41 % | 6 |
| EDEMATA | 7 % | 7 |
| LUMPS | 4 % | 5 |
| STYES | 4 % | 5 |
| TUMORS | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swellings
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- intumescence
- puffiness
- lump
- injured
- intumescency
- bulges
- edemas
- puffs
- swell up
- growths
- granulomas
- sarcomatous
Crossword Answer definitions
NODES noun- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- A leaf node.
- A computer or other device attached to a network.
- The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.
- The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
- A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
- The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NODES
- Swellings
- Network junctions
- Connecting points
- Goose eggs
- Junction points
- Anatomical knots
- Lymphatic system parts
- Intersection points
- Points of juncture
- Crossing points
More clues leading to the result EDEMAS
- Plant swellings
- Swellings
- Plant nodes
- Moisture overload results, in plants
- Tissue swellings
- Swellings.
- Swellings of plant organs
- Tomato blights
- Swellings of a sort
- Tomato troubles
More clues leading to the result EDEMATA
More clues leading to the result LUMPS
- Harsh criticism
- Gravy globs
- Teaspoon alternatives
- Punishment, figuratively
- Sugar servings
- Cubes in coffee
- Sugar bowl cubes
- Gravy no-no
- Sweetener units
- Teaspoon equivalents, roughly
More clues leading to the result STYES
- Eye troubles
- Porky's places
- Ocular irritations
- Eye problems
- Eye sores
- Ophthalmologist's cases
- Eye afflictions
- They might make blinking painful
- Lid problems
- Eye inflammations