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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Knot :: Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
Pot-bellied :: Pot-bellied (a.) Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot..
Bulge :: Bulge (n.) The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
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..
Brawn :: Brawn (n.) Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm..
Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Extuberant :: Extuberant (a.) Swollen out; protuberant.
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..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
Abdominous :: Abdominous (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
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..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..
Wallet :: Wallet (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.
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..
Bilge :: Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle..
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
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..
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