Definition of rigid

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Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

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Set :: Set (v. i.) To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
Cowbane :: Cowbane (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock..
Stark :: Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..
Overrigid :: Overrigid (a.) Too rigid; too severe.
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
Stith :: Stith (a.) Strong; stiff; rigid.
Presbyopia :: Presbyopia () A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia..
Contracture :: Contracture (n.) A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles..
Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..
Post-mortem :: Post-mortem (a.) After death; as, post-mortem rigidity..
Cold :: Cold (n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid..
Routine :: Routine (n.) Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring..
Inflexibleness :: Inflexibleness (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..
Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines..
Buck :: Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule..
Austere :: Austere () Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life..
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