prominences
Things sticking out
Prominences are things that stand out or project from a surface.
The word usually appears in two contexts: physical features that jut outward, such as a rocky prominence on a cliff face, and in astronomy, the massive arcs of glowing gas that loop outward from the sun's surface, visible during eclipses.
Solar prominences can extend thousands of miles into space.
Pyrotechnic distress signals
- eruptionsSudden forceful discharges
- coronaStar's outermost atmosphere
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- sunspotsDark patches on star
chromosphere · filaments · solar wind · photosphere · arcs · ejections · helium · spectroscopy
Worthiness of attention
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- famePublic recognition, widespread
- eminenceElevated rank or renown
- renownWidespread acclaim and recognition
prestige · standing · stature · importance · celebrity · influence · reputation · rank
Highest points attained
- summitsHighest elevations or conferences
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- elevationsHeights above reference point
- outcropsProtruding rock formations
bluffs · crags · headlands · knolls · spurs · buttes · mesas · escarpments
Parts extending beyond surface
- bumpsSmall raised areas
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- tuberclesSmall rounded protuberances
processes · condyles · nodules · eminences · spines · crests · mastoid · occipital
Things that jut out
- bulgesOutward swellings or projections
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- reliefEasing of distress
- contoursBoundary lines of shapes
textures · embossments · saliences · jutting · standing out · foreground · silhouettes · outlines
flares
Pyrotechnic distress signals
sunspots · chromosphere · filaments · solar wind · photosphere · arcs · ejections · helium · spectroscopy · limb
notability
Worthiness of attention
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- famePublic recognition, widespread
- eminenceElevated rank or renown
renown · prestige · standing · stature · importance · celebrity · influence · reputation · rank · visibility
peaks
Highest points attained
- summitsHighest elevations or conferences
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- elevationsHeights above reference point
outcrops · bluffs · crags · headlands · knolls · spurs · buttes · mesas · escarpments · cliffs
protuberances
Parts extending beyond surface
- bumpsSmall raised areas
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
tubercles · processes · condyles · nodules · eminences · spines · crests · mastoid · occipital · palpation
protrusions
Things that jut out
- bulgesOutward swellings or projections
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- reliefEasing of distress
contours · textures · embossments · saliences · jutting · standing out · foreground · silhouettes · outlines · dimensionality
- sunsol, solar, sunlight, sunspots, sunshine
- eclipseseclipse, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, total eclipse, partial eclipse
- space phenomenastars, black hole, meteors, wormhole, dark energy
- prominencesprotuberance, protrusion, bulge, bump, swelling
- solar physicssunspots, solar flares, corona, photosphere, chromosphere
- Solar Coronastreamers, filaments, plumes
prominencesrecesses
Hollows or intermissions
depressions · indentations · cavities · hollows · concavities
prominencesobscurities
Unclear or puzzling elements
insignificances · nobodies · unknowns · nonentities · anonymities