PEDUNCULATIONS Synonyms

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• a natural consequence of development

• a stream or river connected to a larger one

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

• a natural consequence of development

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

• a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

• the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

• a planned undertaking

• any structure that branches out from a central support

• any solid convex shape that juts out from something

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

• the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

• the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

• the act of projecting out from something

• the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• any sharply pointed projection

• tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

• a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

• a railway line connected to a trunk line

• incite or stimulate

• give heart or courage to

• strike with a spur

• goad with spurs

• equip with spurs

• material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

• a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

• a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

• the act of following prey stealthily

• a stiff or threatening gait

• walk stiffly

• follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to

• go through (an area) in search of prey

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

• the tube of a tobacco pipe

• front part of a vessel or aircraft

• a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

• grow out of, have roots in, originate in

• cause to point inward

• stop the flow of a liquid

• remove the stem from

• slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support