consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"

rise - a growth in strength or number or importance

horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

horn - any outgrowth from the head of an organism that resembles a horn

crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

pseudopod, pseudopodium - temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion

flagellum - a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

hair - a filamentous projection or process on an organism

cirrus - a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile

spine - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

aculea - small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects

style - a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"

villus - a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane

tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

fetlock - projection behind and above a horse's hoof

tentacle - any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals used for feeling or grasping or locomotion

arista - bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies

body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

acromial process, acromion - the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade

ala - a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"

alveolar arch - the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set

alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge - a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth

acrosome - a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg

caruncle, caruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

condyle - a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone

coronoid process, processus coronoideus - a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone

epicondyle - a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments

fimbria - thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)

apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or part such as the process of a vertebra

spicule, spiculum - small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals

osteophyte - small abnormal bony outgrowth

papilla - a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather

papilla - a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue"

cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, appendix - a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal - process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull

styloid process - extends from the base of the temporal bone

pterygoid process - two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone

tuberosity, eminence, tubercle - a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

zygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch

trochanter - one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached

transverse process - one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs

odontoid process - a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck

metaphysis - the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis