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

Hem :: Hem (n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge..

Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..

Choker :: Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.

Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..

Buckram :: Buckram (a.) Stiff; precise.

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Stiff-backed :: Stiff (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price..

Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels..

Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..

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

Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.

Starch :: Starch (n.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc..

Pise :: Pise (n.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.

Induration :: Induration (n.) Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling..

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A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair..

Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant..

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..

Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair..

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