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Protuberate

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

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Bag 76% connected

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

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Bulge 76% connected

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Extrusion 74% connected

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

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Extrusion 74% connected

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

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Protuberance 74% 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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Protuberance 74% 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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Protuberant 74% connected

Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.

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Protuberant 74% connected

Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.

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