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Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. E. Darwin.

In a protrusive manner.

That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a so…

The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.

cessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly, adv.

To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.

The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface. Cooke (1615).

Protuberant. [R.]

The duct of a pronephros. Haeckel.

The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the original universe, supposed to have been differentiated into what are recognized as distinct chemical elements.

The pterotic bone.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid.

A salt of pyrotartaric acid.

A pyrotechnist.

Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them. Pyrotechnical sponge. See under Sponge.

A pyrotechnist.

The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.

One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks. Steevens.

Same as Pyrotechnics.

A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent. Dunglison.