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Convexity

The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.

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Narrower term 12

Camber 76% connected

An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

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Entasis 76% connected

A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

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Knob 76% connected

A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

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Node 76% connected

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

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Peak 76% connected

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Ridge 76% connected

The back, or top of the back; a crest.

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Taper 76% connected

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

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Thickening 76% connected

of Thicken

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Umbo 76% connected

The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

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Configuration 76% connected

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

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Conformation 76% connected

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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Contour 76% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Solid 76% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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Bulging 74% connected

of Bulge

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Bulging 74% connected

of Bulge

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Synonym 1

Convexness 92% connected

The state of being convex; convexity.

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