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RIGIDITY |
Stiffness |
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STARCHINESS |
Stiffness |
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LIMP |
Lacking stiffness |
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RIGOR |
Rigidity; stiffness. |
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COSTIVENESS |
Inability to express one's self; stiffness. |
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ERECTION |
State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. |
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TENSIVE |
Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or
contraction. |
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ANKYLOSIS |
Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff
joint. |
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STARCHNESS |
Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of
manner; preciseness. |
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STARCHEDNESS |
The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in
manners; formality. |
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TENSE |
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax;
as, a tense fiber. |
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TENSITY |
The quality or state of being tense, or strained to
stiffness; tension; tenseness. |
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PRIMNESS |
The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or
niceness; preciseness; stiffness. |
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INDURATION |
Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.;
obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling. |
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LIGATURE |
The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the
ligature of a joint. |
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FLAG |
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible
bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. |
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PRUDERY |
The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or
affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness. |
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GROGGINESS |
Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which
causes him to move in a hobbling manner. |
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STIFFNESS |
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness
of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. |
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THOMSEN'S DISEASE |
An affection apparently congenital, consisting in
tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring
after a period of muscular inaction. |
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FLACCID |
Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness;
soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle;
flaccid flesh. |
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PRIGIDITY |
Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of
affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as,
frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc. |
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TENSION |
The act of stretching or straining; the state of being
stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained;
as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx. |
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INFLEXIBILITY |
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not
capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness;
rigidity; firmness of ... |
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GUSSET |
A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in
the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part
joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler. |