Definitions for protuberant

protuberant pro·tu·ber·ant

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

Protuberant is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 803 anagrams from letters in protuberant (abenoprrttu).

Definitions for protuberant

adjective

  1. bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting:

Origin of protuberant

1640-50; Late Latin prōtūberant- (stem of prōtūberāns), present participle of prōtūberāre to swell. See pro-1, tuber1,

Examples for protuberant

The lower part on the ventral side, is protuberant and rounded.

Occasionally he studied the situation from under his protuberant forehead.

They were violet in colour, protuberant, and malevolent beyond words.

The general was a stout man, with rather a protuberant corporation.

Corpulence is considered a great beauty—a fat face and a protuberant stomach constituting the ideal of an Adonis.

Rudolph Krauss, across the aisle from Penrod, watched the operation with protuberant eyes, fascinated.

He soon made his appearance, eating an apple; there was a smile on his face, and his pockets were protuberant.

He lay on his back with his eyes fixed on the ceiling, and his two long arms crossed over his protuberant stomach.

Both disturbances result from the attraction of the moon on the non-spherical earth—on its protuberant equator.

The lips are protuberant and moderately developed all round.

Word Value for protuberant
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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