Definition of protuberant

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Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..

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Ball :: Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot..
Bottled :: Bottled (a.) Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant.
Wallet :: Wallet (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.
Bilge :: Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle..
Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..
Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
Abdominous :: Abdominous (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
Round :: Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills..
Prominent :: Prominent (a.) Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase..
Struthian :: Strut (a.) Protuberant.
Embossed :: Embossed (a.) Swollen; protuberant.
Callose :: Callose (a.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
Bulge :: Bulge (v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges..
Bulge :: Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall..
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
Pot-belly :: Pot-belly (n.) A protuberant belly.
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.
Protuberancy :: Protuberancy (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
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