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Wart :: Wart (n.) An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants..

Exostosis :: Exostosis (n.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.

Catheretic :: Catheretic (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

Excrement :: Excrement (n.) An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth.

Caruncula :: Caruncula (n.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye..

Fungosity :: Fungosity (n.) The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence.

Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..

Excrescency :: Excrescency (n.) Excrescence.

Warty :: Warty (a.) Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence..

Caruncula :: Caruncula (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.

Epithema :: Epithema (n.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

Keloid :: Keloid (a.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin..

Horn :: Horn (n.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout..

Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Gall :: Gall (n.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut..

Bouillon :: Bouillon (n.) An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

Wenny :: Wenny (a.) Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence..

Carnosity :: Carnosity (n.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.

Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy..

Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..

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