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Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..

Incompliance :: Incompliance (n.) The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.

Marimba :: Marimba (n.) A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck..

Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

Inexorability :: Inexorability (n.) The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty..

Stand :: Stand (v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand..

Packing :: Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..

Yieldance :: Yieldance (n.) The act of yielding; concession.

Puccoon :: Puccoon (n.) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself..

Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..

Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk..

Chrysophane :: Chrysophane (n.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition..

Cession :: Cession (n.) A yielding to physical force.

Flabby :: Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh..

Cast-iron :: Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding..

Ironbound :: Ironbound (a.) Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions..

Weak-kneed :: Weak-kneed (a.) Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution..

Unrelenting :: Unrelenting (a.) Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.

Concession :: Concession (n.) The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous..

Patchouly :: Patchouly (n.) A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made..

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