excrescence

  • 61growth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. development, evolution, increase; adulthood, maturity; harvest, crop, produce, yield; flora, vegetable; tumor, cancer, node, polyp, mole, tubercule, cyst, excrescence, swelling, protuberance, wen. See …

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  • 62hump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hunch, lump, bulge, knob, excrescence; humpback; pile, heap; ridge, hill. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. protuberance, mound, bump, swelling, camel hump, humpback, hunchback, hummock,… …

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  • 63Convexity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Convexity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 convexity convexity prominence projection swelling gibbosity bilge bulge protuberance protrusion Sgm: N 1 camber camber cahot =>(N. Am.) …

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  • 64Blemish — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Blemish >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 blemish blemish disfigurement deformity Sgm: N 1 adactylism adactylism Sgm: N 1 flaw flaw defect &c.(imperfection) 651 Sgm: N 1 injury injury &c.(d …

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  • 65excrescent — mid 15c., from L. excrescentem (nom. excrescens), prp. of excrescere (see EXCRESCENCE (Cf. excrescence)) …

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  • 66knurl — (n.) hard excrescence, c.1600, probably a dim. of M.E. knor knot (c.1400), related to gnarl, from P.Gmc. *knur (Cf. Ger. knorren a knotty excrescence ). Related: Knurly …

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  • 67shear — vb Shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, lop, snip, crop are comparable when they mean to cut off something (as a piece, an excrescence, or a limb). Shear is the most general word of this group; it usually implies the use of a sharp cutting instrument… …

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  • 68knot — I. /nɒt / (say not) noun 1. an interlacement of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a lump or knob, as for fastening two cords, etc., together or to something else. 2. a piece of ribbon or similar material tied or folded upon itself and… …

  • 69γογγρώνας — γογγρώνᾱς , γογγρώνη excrescence on the neck fem acc pl γογγρώνᾱς , γογγρώνη excrescence on the neck fem gen sg (doric aeolic) …

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  • 70ἐκσαρκώσεις — ἐκσάρκωσις formation of such an excrescence fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) ἐκσάρκωσις formation of such an excrescence fem nom/acc pl (attic) ἐκσαρκόω make grow to flesh aor subj act 2nd sg (epic) ἐκσαρκόω make grow to flesh fut ind act 2nd sg …

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