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Outgrowth

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

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Narrower term 38

Acromion 76% connected

The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

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Ala 76% connected

A winglike organ, or part.

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Apophysis 76% connected

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

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Appendix 76% connected

Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.

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Arista 76% connected

An awn.

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Caruncle 76% connected

Alt. of Caruncula

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Caruncula 76% connected

A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

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Cirrus 76% connected

A tendril or clasper.

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Condyle 76% connected

A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articul…

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Crest 76% connected

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthe…

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Eminence 76% connected

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

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Enation 76% connected

Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

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Epicondyle 76% connected

A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.

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Excrescence 76% 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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Fetlock 76% connected

The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint…

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Fimbria 76% connected

A fringe, or fringed border.

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Flagellum 76% connected

A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

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Hair 76% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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Horn 76% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Mastoid 76% connected

Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.

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Mastoidal 76% connected

Same as Mastoid.

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Metaphysis 76% connected

Change of form; transformation.

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Olecranon 76% connected

The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

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Papilla 76% connected

Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.

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Pseudopod 76% connected

Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call.

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Pseudopodium 76% connected

Same as Pseudopod.

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Ridge 76% connected

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

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Spicule 76% connected

A minute, slender granule, or point.

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Spiculum 76% connected

Same as Spicule.

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Spine 76% connected

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tentacle 76% connected

A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an o…

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Trochanter 76% connected

One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.

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Tubercle 76% connected

A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on th…

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Tuberosity 76% connected

The state of being tuberous.

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Villus 76% connected

One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals…

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Broader term 8

Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Event 76% connected

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Upshot 76% connected

Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

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Rise 74% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Rise 74% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Turn 74% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Turn 74% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Synonym 7

Appendage 92% connected

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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Branch 92% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Emergence 92% connected

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

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Growth 92% connected

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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Offset 92% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

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Offshoot 92% connected

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

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Process 92% connected

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

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