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Prominence

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Narrower term 10

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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Glare 76% connected

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

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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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Salience 76% connected

The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.

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Saliency 76% connected

Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.

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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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Importance 76% connected

The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Standing 76% connected

of Stand

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Prominent 74% connected

Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.

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Prominent 74% connected

Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.

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Synonym 9

Bulge 92% connected

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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.

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…

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Swelling 92% connected

of Swell

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Obscurity 94% connected

The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.

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Obscurity 94% connected

The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.

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