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Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

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

Starchwort :: Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) 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..

Hogframe :: Hogframe (n.) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback..

Thomsen''s Disease :: Thomsen's disease () An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction..

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Rigidity; stiffness.

Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.

Primness :: Primness (n.) The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

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

Restiffness :: Restiffness (n.) Restiveness.

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

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

Tensity :: Tensity (n.) The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness..

Erection :: Erection (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

Tensive :: Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction..

Flaccid :: Flaccid (a.) Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh..

Grogginess :: Grogginess (n.) Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner..

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..

Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) 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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