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umbo
a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
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camber
a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
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entasis
a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight
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knob, node, thickening
any thickened enlargement
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ridge
any long raised strip
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peak, point, tip
a V shape
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taper
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
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projection
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
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widow's peak
a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead
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raphe, rhaphe
a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
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cusp
small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
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salient
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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jag
a sharp projection on an edge or surface
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bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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corrugation
a ridge on a corrugated surface
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acantha, spine, spur
any sharply pointed projection
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tail, tail end
any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
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knife, tongue
any long thin projection that is transient
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keel
a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
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head
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
