knobby

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
knobby
    adj 1: having knobs; "had knobbly knees" [syn: {knobby},
           {knobbly}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Knobby \Knob"by\, a. [From {Knob}.]
   1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
      --Dr. H. More.
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   2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]
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            The informers continued in a knobby kind of
            obstinacy.                            --Howell.
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   3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.]
      --Bartlett.
      [1913 Webster] knobkerrie
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "knobby":
      alpen, alpestrine, alpigene, alpine, burled, gnarled, gnarly,
      hilly, knobbed, knobbly, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled,
      knurly, lumpy, monticuline, mountained, mountainous, nodal, noded,
      nodiform, nodose, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly,
      nubby, rolling, studded, subalpine, torose, tubercular,
      tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous
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