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Inflexible :: Inflexible (a.) Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

Restiffness :: Restiffness (n.) Restiveness.

Rigid :: Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

Stark :: Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.

Formal :: Formal (a.) Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation..

Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..

Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics..

Bent :: Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass..

Tension :: Tension (a.) 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..

Angular :: Angular (a.) Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female..

Barbellate :: Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point..

Mastiff :: Mastiff (n.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries..

Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

Stiff-necked :: Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff manner.

Stylet :: Stylet (n.) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging..

Pandiculation :: Pandiculation (n.) A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy..

Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair..

Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..

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