Definition of protuberance

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Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.

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Mamelon :: Mamelon (n.) A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
Umbonated :: Umbonated (a.) Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss..
Tuberosity :: Tuberosity (n.) An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
Knappy :: Knappy (a.) Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.
Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
Humpy :: Humpy (a.) Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
Pomme :: Pomme (a.) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross.
Bump :: Bump (n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance..
Friezed :: Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2..
Nub :: Nub (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story..
Hub :: Hub (n.) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby..
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..
Snag :: Snag (n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance..
Buttock :: Buttock (n.) The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump..
Snub :: Snub (n.) A knot; a protuberance; a song.
Hump :: Hump (n.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale..
Prominency :: Prominency (n.) That which is prominent; a protuberance.
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing..
Heel :: Heel (n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
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