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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Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
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..
Bulge :: Bulge (n.) The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
Bottled :: Bottled (a.) Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant.
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..
Pot-bellied :: Pot-bellied (a.) Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot..
Bilge :: Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle..
Callose :: Callose (a.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..
Tun-bellied :: Tun-bellied (a.) Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied..
Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
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..
Venter :: Venter (n.) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula..
Ball :: Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot..
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.
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Extuberant :: Extuberant (a.) Swollen out; protuberant.
Protuberancy :: Protuberancy (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
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