Mastiff :: Mastiff (n.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries..
Restiff :: Restiff (n.) A restive or stubborn horse.
Stiff :: Stiddy (n.) An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..
Stiff-backed :: Stiff (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price..
Stiff-neckedness :: Stiff-necked (a.) Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people..
Stiffen :: Stiffening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffe.
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste..
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.
Stiffener :: Stiffen (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective..
Stiffening :: Stiffener (n.) One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat..
Stiffish :: Stiff-hearted (a.) Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
Stiffness :: Stiff-neckedness (n.) The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.