Matching Words
1566 ResultsBelow are the words that matched your query.
Rigidify
- verb - become rigid; "The body rigidified"
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
Rigidity
- noun - the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
Rigorism
- - Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.
Rigorist
- - One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.
Rigorous
- adjective - demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
- harsh or strict
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
Riksmaal
- noun - in 1929 this dialect of Norwegian was officially renamed Bokmal
Rim-Fire
- - Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-fire; -- said of cartridges; also, using rim-fire cartridges; as, a rim-fire gun. Such cartridges are now little used.
Rimeless
- adjective - not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net"