excrescence

excrescence is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 28 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.
2. noun. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
3. noun. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"

   "the hump of a camel"

   Synonyms: bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

Synonyms

bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

Common word forms

excrescences

Words from these letters

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