protuberate

protuberate is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 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 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.
2. verb. form a rounded prominence

   "The starved child's belly protuberated"

3. verb. cause to bulge out or project

Common word forms

protuberated, protuberating

Words from these letters

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