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Adamant

A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.

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Inflexible 84% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inflexible 84% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

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C 76% connected

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Carbon 76% connected

An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and…

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Carbonado 76% connected

Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.

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Adamantine 92% connected

Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Diamond 92% connected

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inexorable 92% connected

Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intransigent 92% connected

Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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