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noun
- Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
- (law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
- (insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
- The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
- Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
- (theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
- The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
- a statement intended to inspire confidence
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- a British term for some kinds of insurance
- a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
noun
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- the trait of being resolute
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
verb
- To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- (transitive) To approve a proposal or nomination.
- support a person for a position
- administer the rite of confirmation to
- strengthen or make more firm
- make more firm
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
adv
adj
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- Severe in discipline.
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
adj
verb
noun
- (psychologically, emotionally, or biologically) Fortitude; hardiness; mettle.
- A formidable difficulty.
- (materials science, physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed, or the degree of such resistance.
- the property of being big and strong
- impressive difficulty
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- enduring strength and energy
noun
- Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
- Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
- (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
- the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
noun
- the property of being physically or mentally strong
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- the condition of financial success
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
- physical energy or intensity
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
- permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
- A positive attribute.
- (graph theory) The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
noun
- Severity or strictness.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Higher level of difficulty.
- A trembling or shivering response.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Harshness, as of climate.
- (British) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
- excessive sternness
- something hard to endure
- the quality of being valid and rigorous
noun
- the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
- the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
noun
- the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
- the act of making up your mind about something
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- the outcome of a game or contest
- (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
- A choice or judgement.
- (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
- (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
- The act of deciding.
- (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
verb
noun
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
noun
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
verb
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- (intransitive) To last.
- (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- last and be usable
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- continue to exist
- persist for a specified period of time
- undergo or be subjected to
- face and withstand with courage
- continue to live and avoid dying
noun
- The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
- (obsolete except British, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
- The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
- (specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
- (also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
- The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- a strongly fortified defensive structure
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
noun
- fortitude and determination
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
noun
- fortitude and determination
- (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
- a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
- (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
- Small, hard, inedible particles in food.
- A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
- Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
- (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
- A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
verb
noun
- fortitude and determination
- (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
- The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- (informal) The essential, core parts.
- plural of gut
- (informal) One's innermost feelings.
- (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
- (informal) Content, substance.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
verb
noun
- fortitude and determination
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
- (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- (colloquial, birdwatching) Ellipsis of sandpiper.
- Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
- (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- An excuse for tears.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
verb
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
verb
adj
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
- Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
- Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
- (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
- Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.
- (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
- affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
- lacking fresh air
noun
adj
- Strong or unyielding.
- (of time) Entire, complete.
- (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
- Hearty; filling.
- (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
- Large in size, quantity, or value.
- (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- Of a single color throughout.
- Sound; not weak.
- (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
- Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- United.
- (of rain) Continuous and heavy.
- Financially well off; wealthy.
- Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
- financially dependable
- of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
- uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
- providing abundant nourishment
- acting together as a single undiversified whole
- characterized by good substantial quality
- meriting respect or esteem
- of one substance or character throughout
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- of the same color throughout
- of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
- having length, breadth and thickness
- impenetrable for the eye
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- entirely of one substance with no holes inside
adv
noun
- (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
- (informal) A favor.
- An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
- matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
- a three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume
verb
- (intransitive) To become firmer in consistency.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, of tentative plans) To become more definite.
- (intransitive, of muscles) To become more toned through physical exercise.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To make (tentative plans) more definite.
- (transitive) To make (muscles) more toned through physical exercise.
- arrange firmly
noun
verb
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- cause to go into a solution
- understand the meaning of
- reach a decision
- reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
- find the solution
- make clearly visible
- (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
- Alternative spelling of re-solve.
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
- (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- (optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
noun
- firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- excessive sternness
- the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
- Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
- Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
noun
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
- persistent determination
noun
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
- (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
- (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.
- (figurative) A wight or being.
- (chemistry) The main fraction or product of a distillation run.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- the courage to carry on
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- a positive feeling of liking
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
- (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
adj
noun
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
- (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
- (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.
- (military, slang) A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
- (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
- (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- (uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- (countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
- (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- implement used to brand live stock
- a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
- a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude.
- The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
- The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
- a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
adv
- with firmness
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- into a solid condition
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
noun
prefix
adj
- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
- very strong or vigorous
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- very bad in degree or extent
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severely simple
- Very bad or intense.
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- Strict or harsh.
noun
- Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
- (law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
- (insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
- The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
- Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
- (theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
- The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
- a statement intended to inspire confidence
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- a British term for some kinds of insurance
- a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
noun
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- the trait of being resolute
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
noun
- (psychologically, emotionally, or biologically) Fortitude; hardiness; mettle.
- A formidable difficulty.
- (materials science, physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed, or the degree of such resistance.
- the property of being big and strong
- impressive difficulty
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- enduring strength and energy
noun
- Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
- Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
- (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
- the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
noun
- the property of being physically or mentally strong
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- the condition of financial success
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
- physical energy or intensity
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
- permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
- A positive attribute.
- (graph theory) The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
noun
- Severity or strictness.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Higher level of difficulty.
- A trembling or shivering response.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Harshness, as of climate.
- (British) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
- excessive sternness
- something hard to endure
- the quality of being valid and rigorous
noun
- the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
- the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
noun
- the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
- the act of making up your mind about something
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- the outcome of a game or contest
- (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
- A choice or judgement.
- (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
- (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
- The act of deciding.
- (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
verb
noun
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
noun
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
noun
- The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
- (obsolete except British, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
- The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
- (specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
- (also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
- The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- a strongly fortified defensive structure
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
noun
- fortitude and determination
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
noun
- fortitude and determination
- (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
- a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
- (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
- Small, hard, inedible particles in food.
- A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
- Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
- (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
- A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
verb
noun
- fortitude and determination
- (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
- The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- (informal) The essential, core parts.
- plural of gut
- (informal) One's innermost feelings.
- (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
- (informal) Content, substance.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
verb
noun
- fortitude and determination
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
- (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- (colloquial, birdwatching) Ellipsis of sandpiper.
- Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
- (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- An excuse for tears.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
verb
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
verb
noun
verb
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- cause to go into a solution
- understand the meaning of
- reach a decision
- reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
- find the solution
- make clearly visible
- (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
- Alternative spelling of re-solve.
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
- (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- (optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
noun
- firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- excessive sternness
- the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
- Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
- Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
noun
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
- persistent determination
noun
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
- (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
- (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.
- (figurative) A wight or being.
- (chemistry) The main fraction or product of a distillation run.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- the courage to carry on
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- a positive feeling of liking
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
- (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
noun
- The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude.
- The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
- The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
- a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
verb
- To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- (transitive) To approve a proposal or nomination.
- support a person for a position
- administer the rite of confirmation to
- strengthen or make more firm
- make more firm
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
adv
verb
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- (intransitive) To last.
- (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- last and be usable
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- continue to exist
- persist for a specified period of time
- undergo or be subjected to
- face and withstand with courage
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- (intransitive) To become firmer in consistency.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, of tentative plans) To become more definite.
- (intransitive, of muscles) To become more toned through physical exercise.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To make (tentative plans) more definite.
- (transitive) To make (muscles) more toned through physical exercise.
- arrange firmly
adv
- with firmness
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- into a solid condition
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
noun
adj
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- Severe in discipline.
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
adj
verb
adj
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
- Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
- Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
- (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
- Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.
- (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
- affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
- lacking fresh air
noun
adj
- Strong or unyielding.
- (of time) Entire, complete.
- (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
- Hearty; filling.
- (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
- Large in size, quantity, or value.
- (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- Of a single color throughout.
- Sound; not weak.
- (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
- Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- United.
- (of rain) Continuous and heavy.
- Financially well off; wealthy.
- Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
- financially dependable
- of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
- uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
- providing abundant nourishment
- acting together as a single undiversified whole
- characterized by good substantial quality
- meriting respect or esteem
- of one substance or character throughout
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- of the same color throughout
- of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
- having length, breadth and thickness
- impenetrable for the eye
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- entirely of one substance with no holes inside
adv
noun
- (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
- (informal) A favor.
- An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
- matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
- a three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume
adj
noun
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
- (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
- (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.
- (military, slang) A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
- (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
- (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- (uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- (countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
- (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- implement used to brand live stock
- a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
- a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
- very strong or vigorous
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- very bad in degree or extent
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severely simple
- Very bad or intense.
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- Strict or harsh.