protuberant


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Synonyms for protuberant

curving outward

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She was, in a singular way, at once ugly and pretty; she had protuberant eyes, and lips strangely red.
This figure was clad in tweeds of a piebald check, with a pink tie, a sharp collar and protuberant yellow boots.
Both were beginning to show a protuberant stomach; Chazelle's, which was round and projecting, had the impertinence, so Bixiou said, to enter the room first; Paulmier's corporation spread to right and left.
This resulted in a porous and protuberant structure that expanded the surface area, delivering selective separation greatly exceeding that of regular setups to triple water permeability.
S7 with apical lobes narrow, parallel-sided, retrorse section of apex comma-shaped; gonostylus slender in profile, slightly tapering towards apex, basally strongly protuberant on medial margin in dorsal view (Colombia: Antioquia) A.
Yet, in general, whenever a woman becomes visibly protuberant in the middle, the Luo are likely to quip with profound admiration: Omako ich.I say "quip" because, although the Luo infinitive verb mako ich translates into English as "to become pregnant", the literal English translation of mako ich is "to catch a belly".
They almost come out of their sockets because of their swollen and protuberant eyelids -- like a toad's.
Therefore, the "protuberant" appearance of DFSP can only be witnessed in the fully developed lesions.9 Usually males between 20 and 50 years get affected by DFSP.
Upon completion of the hammering and yelling, audience members were invited to touch the protuberant nails and bear witness to the missing and murdered women represented.
While you probably know that your body naturally produces the vitamin once your skin is exposed to UVB rays and then makes its way to the liver, kidneys, digestive tract, and bones, the protuberant benefits of Vitamin D are a far more recent discovery.
Two of the patients had a distinct facial appearance, namely a protuberant forehead, a depressed nasal bridge and hypertelorism.
The MRI report described a 1.5 cm protuberant mass arising from the dorsal aspect of the tongue in the midline at the approximate junction of the oral component and base.
On physical examination he appeared cachectic and had oral candidiasis and a large protuberant abdomen.