Definition of flexible

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Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..

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Hookah :: Hookah (n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water..
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Inexorable :: Inexorable (a.) Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge..
Hair :: Hair (n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin..
Uncompromising :: Uncompromising (a.) Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible.
Fold :: Fold (v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication..
Lythe :: Lythe (a.) Soft; flexible.
Malacoderm :: Malacoderm (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies..
Vermilinguia :: Vermilinguia (n. pl.) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues..
True-blue :: True-blue (a.) Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue..
Syringed :: Syringe (n.) A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc..
Rigid :: Rigid (a.) Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence..
Lithesome :: Lithesome (a.) Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..
Spatula :: Spatula (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette..
Impliable :: Impliable (a.) Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding.
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
Reflectible :: Reflectible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible..
Hose :: Hose (n.) A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine..
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