Definition of protuberance

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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.

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Hub :: Hub (n.) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby..
Tuberosity :: Tuberosity (n.) An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
Embossment :: Embossment (n.) A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect..
Buttock :: Buttock (n.) The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump..
Callosity :: Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction..
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Hubby :: Hubby (a.) Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby..
Mammillated :: Mammillated (a.) Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae..
Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
Dromedary :: Dromedary (n.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps..
Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..
Wart :: Wart (n.) An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants..
Extuberation :: Extuberation (n.) Protuberance.
Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances..
Friezed :: Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2..
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Mammillary :: Mammillary (a.) Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances..
Humpy :: Humpy (a.) Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.].
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