mons

Rounded tissue pad

The mons is a rounded fleshy prominence, especially the mons pubis—the pad of fatty tissue over the pubic bone that becomes covered with hair at puberty.

In anatomy, mons appears in Latin phrases for various bodily mounds: mons pubis, mons veneris (specifically the female mons pubis).

The plural is montes.

geology

hill

Low natural elevation

  • summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
  • peakUtmost height attained
  • ridgeNarrow raised strip

plateau · escarpment · knoll · tor · butte · massif · sierra · highland · upland · fell

anatomy

pubis

Anterior pelvic bone

  • pubicOf the groin
  • vulvaExternal female genital region
  • moundHeaped earth formation

prominence · eminence · padding · fatty · cushion · pelvic · groin · lower abdomen · body · female

lunar

crater

Impact or volcanic basin

  • mareFemale adult equine
  • rilleChannel on moon's surface
  • regolithFragmented covering over bedrock

lunar · moon · surface · NASA · Apollo · feature · mapping · basin · highlands · nomenclature

volcanic

Olympus

Sacred Greek mountain

  • VesuviusItalian volcano, historically destructive
  • craterImpact or volcanic basin
  • calderaCollapsed volcanic summit basin

lava · eruption · Mars · shield · basalt · magma · ash · pyroclastic · fumarole · geothermal

roman

Vatican

Papal city-state

forum · ancient

Opposites
topographical elevation

monsdepression

Prolonged low state

fossa · valley · hollow · pit · cavity

Phrases
Family

promontory, montage, Montana, Mont Blanc, montane, Montpelier, Montague, Montserrat

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated PG