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for Protuberant
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Protuberant \Pro*tu"ber*ant\, a. [L. protuberans, -antis, p. pr.
of protuberare. See Protuberate.]
Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the
surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant
joint; a protuberant eye. -- Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
protuberant
adj 1: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous,
bulging, bulgy, protuberant]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "protuberant":
beetling, bold, bulbous, bulging, distended, eminent, emissile,
excrescent, excrescential, extruding, extrusive, gibbous, jutting,
outstanding, overhanging, prognathous, projecting, prominent,
protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberating,
salient, swelling, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid
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