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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Wallet :: Wallet (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.
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..
Callose :: Callose (a.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Rising above the level; 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..
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.) The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
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..
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..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
Breast :: Breast (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat..
Bilge :: Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle..
Convex :: Convex (a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
Convexed :: Convexed (a.) Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
Blubbery :: Blubbery (a.) Swollen; protuberant.
Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
Tun-bellied :: Tun-bellied (a.) Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied..
Protuberant :: 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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