stiffening
stay
stiffener
backstay
viscoelasticity
tangible
firmness
steel
composite
chungus
materially
affair
elasticizer
gridiron
sheath
ambient
supermaterial
body
limbed
Brinell number
material
house
corporeal
rib
busk
structurality
makeup
stuff
physicomechanically
frame
point
crush
plastically
sturdy
jewel
pointedness
form factor
acro
plate
framework
adamant
plastoid
habiliment
adherent
loft
trappings
baseplate
Italian iron
overbridging
microelastic
elastic band
marker
plasticity
limbering
buff
bar
malleability
gnaff
rigidity
edgewear
item
harnesslike
lesser
-work
clip-on
agglutinative
boardy
lignify
itemwise
timber
attachment
objective
elasticate
metal
texture
mouldable
devil's claw
nonreusable
straplike
bad boy
exotism
-ible
substance
cushioning
part
steeliness
engrave
bulklike
matrix
cuddly toy
padding
stuffed toy
corporeity
ligature
limbed
material
corporeal
sturdy
acro
adherent
microelastic
harnesslike
boardy
mouldable
straplike
bulklike
materially
physicomechanically
plastically
itemwise
stiffening
stay
stiffener
backstay
viscoelasticity
tangible
firmness
steel
composite
chungus
affair
elasticizer
gridiron
sheath
ambient
supermaterial
body
Brinell number
rib
busk
structurality
makeup
stuff
frame
point
jewel
pointedness
form factor
plate
framework
adamant
plastoid
habiliment
loft
trappings
baseplate
Italian iron
overbridging
elastic band
marker
material
plasticity
limbering
bar
malleability
gnaff
rigidity
edgewear
item
lesser
clip-on
agglutinative
timber
attachment
objective
metal
texture
devil's claw
nonreusable
bad boy
exotism
substance
cushioning
part
steeliness
matrix
cuddly toy
padding
stuffed toy
corporeity
ligature
house
crush
buff
lignify
elasticate
engrave
noun
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- A corset.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A prop; a support.
- A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
verb
- To live; reside
- To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To continue to have a particular quality.
- To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To hold the attention of.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- To tack; put on the other tack.
adv
adj
noun
- A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
- A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
noun
- Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
- Extreme hardness or resilience.
- Varieties of this metal.
- The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
- A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
- An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- Armor.
- An engraving plate
- A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
- Projectiles.
- Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
- A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
- A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
- A piece used for striking sparks from flint.
- A flat iron.
verb
- To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
- To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
- To edge, cover, or point with steel.
- To sharpen with a honing steel.
- To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
- To press with a flat iron.
- To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
adj
noun
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- A mixture of different components.
- A function of a function.
- A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
- A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
- A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
verb
adj
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
- Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
- Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
- Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
noun
- A material object (vaguely designated).
- An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
- A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
- A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
- Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
- A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
- Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
noun
- Any object resembling the rack or grate.
- An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
- American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
- A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
- The field on which American football is played.
- An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
- An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
verb
noun
- Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
- The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
- A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
- A condom.
- The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
- A tight-fitting dress.
- The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
- One of the elytra of an insect.
noun
- Any physical object or material thing.
- A person.
- A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- A corpse.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- A bodysuit.
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- Substance; physical presence.
- What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
verb
adj
- having material or physical form or substance
- derived from or composed of matter
- directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
noun
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- things needed for doing or making something
- a person judged suitable for admission or employment
adj
verb
- To contain or cover mechanical parts.
- To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- To admit to residence; to harbor.
- To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
- To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
- To eat.
- To keep within a structure or container.
- To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
noun
- House music.
- A workhouse.
- An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
- A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- A theatre.
- An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
- Size and quality of residential accommodations.
- The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
- A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
- A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
- The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- Lotto; bingo.
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- A small stand of trees in a swamp.
- A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.
- The people who live in a house; a household.
- A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
- A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
- The fourth Lenormand card.
- A place of rest or repose.
- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
noun
- A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- A teasing joke.
- A stalk of celery.
- A single strand of hair.
- Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
- A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
verb
noun
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
- Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- Unspecified things or matters.
- A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
verb
- To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- To fill with seasoning.
- To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- To break; to destroy.
- To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- To sate.
- To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- To sexually penetrate.
- To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
noun
- a structure supporting or containing something
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
verb
noun
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an instant of time
- the object of an activity
- a V shape
- a very small circular shape
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- an outstanding characteristic
- sharp end
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- the gun muzzle's direction
- a wall socket
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
verb
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- give a point to
- repair the joints of bricks
verb
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
- To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
- To oppress or grievously burden.
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
noun
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
- The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- A group or gang.
- A crowd control barrier.
- The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
- A violent crowding.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
noun
- A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
- A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- The clitoris.
- Anything precious or valuable.
verb
noun
- The emissivity of a material
- A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle
- The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- A factor describing the stress distribution of a body
- The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current)
- Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle
noun
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a main course served on a plate
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
verb
verb
- To make a character or an item stronger.
- To strike.
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
noun
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
- A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The bare skin.
adj
noun
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- the act of preventing
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- a heating element in an electric fire
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
verb
noun
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- 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 quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
noun
- A distinct physical object.
- A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
- A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- An object that can be picked up for later use.
- A short article in a newspaper.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
verb
adv
noun
- Material for any structure.
- The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
intj
verb
noun
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
noun
- A material object that physically exists.
- a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
- The objective case.
- A goal that is striven for.
adj
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
noun
- Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
- A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
- The rails of a railway.
- Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
- The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
- The ore from which a metal is derived.
- An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
- The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
adj
- Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
- Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
verb
noun
- Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw
- Species of Pisonia (catchbird trees)
- Genus Harpagophytum, especially Harpagophytum procumbens, native to South Africa.
- Proboscidea spp. (mule grab, unicorn plant)
- Ibicella lutea (yellow unicorn plant)
- Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia, formerly Acacia greggii)
noun
- Physical matter; material.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- Hypostasis.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics)
- Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
verb
noun
- an item that is an instance of some type
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- a portion of a natural object
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- the extended spatial location of something
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
adv
verb
noun
- The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
- A geological matrix.
- The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
- A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
- In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
- The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
- The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
- A two-dimensional array.
- The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
- Part of the mitochondrion.
- a term describing a controlled environment or situation in which people act or behave in ways that conform to roles pre-determined by a powerful person(s) who decides how the world is supposed to function (as if the world is but virtual reality and people but brains in a vat).
- The environment from which a given sample is taken.
- A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
- In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
- A table of data.
- A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
- An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
noun
noun
noun
- The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.
- A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.
- A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
- A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.
- A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.
- The act of tying or binding something.
- Impotence caused by magic or charms.
- A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
- A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.
verb
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