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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Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
Extuberant :: Extuberant (a.) Swollen out; protuberant.
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..
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Pot-bellied :: Pot-bellied (a.) Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot..
Bilge :: Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle..
Protuberancy :: Protuberancy (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
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..
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..
Bulge :: Bulge (n.) The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
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..
Blubbery :: Blubbery (a.) Swollen; protuberant.
Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
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..
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Embossed :: Embossed (a.) Swollen; protuberant.
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