Excrescence: alternatives and connections

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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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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The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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A person of the Mongolian race.

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To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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To beat or bruise with the fist.

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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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The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

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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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Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

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Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

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The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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

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

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

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

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Alt. of Prominency

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

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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…

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of Swell

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