convexity
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Convexity
zelfstandig naamwoord
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion —
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence —
tumour [Brit.],
tumor —
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.] —
excrescence —
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble —
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump —
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253 —
bow —
mamelon† —
molar —
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.] —
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang] —
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain† —
boil
etc.
(disease)
655 —
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves —
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo —
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo —
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206 —
cape,
promontory,
mull —
forehead,
foreland† —
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur —
naze†,
ness.
werkwoord
be prominent
etc.
adj. —
project,
bulge,
protrude,
pout,
bouge [Fr.],
bunch —
jut out,
stand out,
stick out,
poke out —
stick up,
bristle up,
start up,
cock up,
shoot up —
swell over,
hang over,
bend over —
beetle.
render prominent
etc.
adj. —
raise
307 —
emboss,
chase.
[become convex]
belly out.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
convex,
prominent,
protuberant,
projecting
etc.
v. —
bossed,
embossed,
bossy,
nodular,
bunchy —
clavate,
clavated†,
claviform —
hummocky†,
moutonne†,
mammiliform† —
papulous†,
papilose† —
hemispheric,
bulbous —
bowed,
arched —
bold —
bellied —
tuberous,
tuberculous —
tumous† —
cornute†,
odontoid† —
lentiform†,
lenticular —
gibbous —
club shaped,
hubby [U.S.],
hubbly [U.S.],
knobby,
papillose,
saddle-shaped,
selliform†,
subclavate†,
torose†,
ventricose†,
verrucose†.
salient,
in relief,
raised,
repousse —
bloated
&c.,
(expanded)
194.
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