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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Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Rising above the level; protuberant.
Ball :: Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot..
Wallet :: Wallet (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.
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..
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..
Abdominous :: Abdominous (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
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..
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..
Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
Protuberancy :: Protuberancy (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
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..
Convexed :: Convexed (a.) Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
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.
Callose :: Callose (a.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
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