Protuberant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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) 2.0 [wn]:

  protuberant
       adj : curving outward [syn: {bellied}, {bellying}, {bulbous}, {bulging},
              {bulgy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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