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Bulge

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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Narrower term 7

Belly 76% connected

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

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Caput 76% connected

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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Mogul 76% connected

A person of the Mongolian race.

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Nub 76% connected

To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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Nubble 76% connected

To beat or bruise with the fist.

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Snag 76% connected

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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Wart 76% connected

A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

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Bulk 76% connected

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

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Protuberate 76% connected

To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.

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Deform 76% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Jut 76% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Protrude 76% connected

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

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Swell 76% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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Bag 74% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Bag 74% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Bulgy 74% connected

Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.

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Bulgy 74% connected

Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.

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Protrude 74% connected

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

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Protrude 74% connected

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

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Pouch 72% connected

A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

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Protrude 72% connected

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

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Synonym 15

Bag 92% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Bulk 92% connected

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

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Bump 92% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Excrescence 92% connected

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a tr…

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Extrusion 92% connected

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

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Hump 92% connected

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jut 92% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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Pop 92% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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Pouch 92% connected

A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prominence 92% connected

Alt. of Prominency

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Protrude 92% connected

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Protrusion 92% connected

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

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Protuberance 92% connected

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 kno…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Start 92% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Swelling 92% connected

of Swell

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