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Definition: Protuberate |
ProtuberateVerb1. Cause to bulge out or project. 2. Form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly protuberated". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Protuberate \Pro*tu"ber*ate\, intransitive verb. [Latin expression protuberare; pro forward tuber hump, protuberance. See Tuber.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Protuberate |
| Etymologies containing "protuberate": Protuberant. (references) |
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"Protuberate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: protuberare. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "protuberate" (pronounced 'Pro*tu"ber*ate'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achlamydate, Acidulate, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Admarginate, Administrate, Adnate, Adrogate, Adulate, Adumbrate, Aerate, AEstivate, Affatuate, Affectionate, Affricate, Aggerate, Aggrate, Aggravate, Agitate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-o-p-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: perborate, reprobate. | |
-3 letters: abrupter, aperture, barrette, berretta, bourtree, obturate, operetta, patterer, perorate, potterer, pretreat, putterer, rebutter, tabourer, tabouret, upbearer. | |
-4 letters: abetter, abettor, aborter, abutter, beretta, bourree, burette, operate, outrate, pearter, perturb, praetor, probate, proette, prorate, rapture, rebater, reprobe, reroute, retreat, reutter, taborer, taboret, taperer, torture, treater, treetop, trouper, utterer. | |
-5 letters: abrupt, aerobe, arbour, arbute. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 6F 74 75 62 65 72 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. --- - ..- -... . .-. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101111 01110100 01110101 01100010 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r o t u b e r a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 006F 0074 0075 0062 0065 0072 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5084818687687184678671 |
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