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Thomsen''s Disease :: Thomsen's disease () An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction..

Cream :: Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle..

Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff..

Stark :: Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.

Tile :: Tile (n.) A stiff hat.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste..

Clearstarch :: Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..

Corny :: Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn..

Stiffish :: Stiff-hearted (a.) Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.

Tense :: Tense (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber..

Piculet :: Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers..

Star-chamber :: Starch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch.

Staffmen :: Staffish (a.) Stiff; harsh.

Stock :: Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..

Pokerish :: Pokerish (a.) Stiff like a poker.

Pluteus :: Pluteus (n.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods..

Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

Frory :: Frory (a.) Frozen; stiff with cold.

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