Gibbous

gibbous
    adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an
           abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: {crookback},
           {crookbacked}, {humped}, {humpbacked}, {hunchbacked},
           {gibbous}, {kyphotic}]
    2: (used of the moon) more than half full [syn: {gibbous},
       {gibbose}]
    

Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.]
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   1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;
      convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and
      the full moon.
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            The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
                                                  --Wiseman.
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   2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
      {Gib"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n.
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29 Moby Thesaurus words for "gibbous":
      arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike,
      bunchbacked, camelback, concave, convex, convexed, crookbacked,
      embowed, excurvate, excurvated, excurved, gibbose, humpbacked,
      humped, humpy, hunchbacked, hunched, hunchy, kyphotic, out-bowed,
      oxbow, rotund, vaulted