Hardness: alternatives and connections

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Alt. of Consistency

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The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

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Difficulty.

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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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The quality or state of being stern.

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Quality or state of being strict.

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That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

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The state or quality of being firm.

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The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids.

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

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Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

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Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

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Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or frictio…

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The quality or state of being harsh.

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The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.

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The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.

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Rigidity; stiffness.

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The quality or state of being severe.

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The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

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The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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