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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.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ossified 92% connected

Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fossilize verb · 78% connection

To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

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Fossilizing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

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