Definitions for protuberances

protuberances pro·tu·ber·ance

Spelling: [proh-too-ber-uh ns, -tyoo-, pruh-]
IPA: /proʊˈtu bər əns, -ˈtyu-, prə-/

Protuberances is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 2721 anagrams from letters in protuberances (abceenoprrstu).

Definitions for protuberances

noun

  1. the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  2. a protuberant part or thing; projection or bulge.
  3. the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  4. a protuberant part or thing; projection or bulge.

Origin of protuberances

First recorded in 1640-50; protuber(ant) + -ance

Examples for protuberances

Caruncle: a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence or protuberance.

In consequence of its development, there arises a protuberance on the skull.

Sculpture is quite simply the art of depression and protuberance.

He becomes intoxicated by the protuberance of his own pomposity.

The word means knob or protuberance, especially that in the center of a shield.

Folioles: leaf-like processes from a margin or protuberance.

You have, on the side of your temple, a protuberance, which I have noticed in the crania of inventors.

The hump in front, he says, was derived from the protuberance of the heavy cuirass.

He had a protuberance on the back of his neck, and to my astonishment he 'yodeled' like a Tyrolese.

How great was my astonishment when I noticed a protuberance on his neck!

The hump in front, he says, was derived from the protuberance of the heavy cuirass.

Folioles: leaf-like processes from a margin or protuberance.

Sculpture is quite simply the art of depression and protuberance.

How great was my astonishment when I noticed a protuberance on his neck!

He had a protuberance on the back of his neck, and to my astonishment he 'yodeled' like a Tyrolese.

Caruncle: a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence or protuberance.

You have, on the side of your temple, a protuberance, which I have noticed in the crania of inventors.

He becomes intoxicated by the protuberance of his own pomposity.

In consequence of its development, there arises a protuberance on the skull.

The word means knob or protuberance, especially that in the center of a shield.

Word Value for protuberances
Scrable

18

Words with friends

23

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