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Tensity

The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Tone 76% connected

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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Tonicity 76% connected

The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

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Tonus 76% connected

Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.

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Tense 74% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Tense 74% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Tension 92% connected

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the m…

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the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

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of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the sho…

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Corridor noun · 78% connection

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Ankylosis noun · 78% connection

Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.

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Costiveness noun · 78% connection

Inability to express one's self; stiffness.

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Embrocation noun · 78% connection

a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain

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Erection noun · 78% connection

State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

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Flaccid adjective · 78% connection

Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid f…

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Flag verb · 78% connection

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tense, strained, stiffness, tension, tenseness.
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Grogginess noun · 78% connection

Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner.

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Gusset noun · 78% connection

A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joini…

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Hogframe noun · 78% connection

A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chi…

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Imperfect noun · 78% connection

The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tense, strained, stiffness, tension, tenseness.
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Induration noun · 78% connection

Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling.

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Inflexibility noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; fir…

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