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Protuberance :: 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.

Biventral :: Biventral (a.) Having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral, or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum..

Nub :: Nub (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story..

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing..

Friezed :: Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2..

Pommette :: Pommette (a.) Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.

Bud :: Bud (n.) A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached. See Hydra..

Bump :: Bump (n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance..

Callosity :: Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction..

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.

Exostosis :: Exostosis (n.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.

Embossment :: Embossment (n.) A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect..

Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.].

Swimmer :: Swimmer (n.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

Whelky :: Whelky (a.) Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated..

Teated :: Teated (a.) Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.

Jag :: Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.

Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.

Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..

Teat :: Teat (n.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.

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