| Main Entry: | node/nodule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knot, growth |
Synonyms: |
bud, bulge, bump, burl, clot, knob, lump, protuberance, swelling, tumor |
| Main Entry: | node |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bud |
Synonyms: |
bulge, bump, burl, clot, growth, knob, knot, lump, nodule, protuberance, swelling |
| Main Entry: | joint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intersection, juncture |
Synonyms: |
abutment, articulation, bend, bond, bracket, bridge, concourse, confluence, conjuncture, connection, copula, coupling, crux, elbow, hinge, hyphen, impingement, interconnection, junction, knot, link, meeting, nexus, node, point, seam, splice, suture, swivel, tangency, tie, union, vinculum |
| Main Entry: | junction/juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | link, connection |
Synonyms: |
alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, knee, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld |
| Main Entry: | nub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bump, knot |
Synonyms: |
bulge, knob, lump, node, protuberance, swelling |
| Main Entry: | outgrowth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projection |
Synonyms: |
bulge, enlargement, excrescence, jut, node, offshoot, outcrop, process, prolongation, prominence, protuberance, shoot, sprout, swelling |
Antonyms: |
ingrowth |
| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level, period within structure or |
Synonyms: |
degree, division, footing, grade, juncture, lap, leg, length, moment, node, notch, phase, plane, point, point in time, rung, standing, status, step, system date |
| Main Entry: | swelling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical growth; lump |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blister, boil, bruise, bulge, bump, bunion, carbuncle, contusion, corn, dilation, distention, enlargement, hump, increase, inflammation, injury, knob, knurl, node, nodule, pimple, pock, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, ridge, sore, tumescence, tumor, wale, wart, weal, welt |
Antonyms: |
depression |
| Main Entry: | junction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
Synonyms: |
alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, juncture, knee, link, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld |
| Notes: | junction means the place where two or more things come together while juncture means an event that occurs at a critical time or point in time when a critical decision must be made |
| Main Entry: | lobe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flap |
Synonyms: |
convexity, ear, excurvation, fold, lap, node, portion, projection, protuberance, section, wattle |