Thesaurus / toughness
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In addition to the space-age applications, there’s a more prosaic vision of a smoother future—where biologically-based strength, elasticity, and toughness make spider silk an extremely attractive alternative to man-made fibers like rayon.
IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF ENVIRONMENTALISM - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENANASTASIA BENDEBURY & MICHAEL SHILO DELAYOCTOBER 7, 2020NAUTILUSIts strength and toughness outperform synthetic counterparts.
WHY WE SHOULD EAT CRICKETS. AND OTHER BUG IDEAS - FACTS SO ROMANTICMARY ELLEN HANNIBALOCTOBER 2, 2020NAUTILUSThe company says that makes the screen’s toughness comparable to its burly ThinkPad laptops.
THE WORLD’S FIRST FOLDING PC IS UP FOR PRE-ORDERS. HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW.STAN HORACZEKSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEBy mustering your mental toughness, you can tolerate hard conditions better and do what needs to be done.
THE 10-STEP GUIDE TO SURVIVAL IN AN EMERGENCYBY TIM MACWELCH/OUTDOOR LIFESEPTEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThis stripped Tagovailoa of his chance to prove his toughness and skill to NFL teams and created a lot of speculation about his potential draft position in this year’s NFL Draft, set for April 23-25.
NFL DECISION TO STICK TO DRAFT DATE MAY PENALIZE SOME ‘DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH’SHIRLEY CARSWELLAPRIL 23, 2020TRUTHBETOLD.NEWSEach shook his lance aloft, as if to ascertain the weight and toughness of the unwieldy weapon, and then laid it in the rest.
THE ONTARIO READERS: THE HIGH SCHOOL READER, 1886MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONI was born tough, and its only common sense to put such natural toughness to some real use.
HEROES OF TO-DAYMARY R. PARKMANAnything touched by the beam is broken by its own molecules, twisted by its own strength, and crushed by its own toughness.
ISLANDS OF SPACEJOHN W CAMPBELLOnly minds of extraordinary toughness and originality could resist such a torrent of suggestion.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLSNow, there is a remedy for the toughness of steak, which I can give you, depending upon whether you like salad oil.
A COURSE OF LECTURES ON THE PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND COOKERYJULIET CORSONWORDS RELATED TO TOUGHNESS
- adherence
- aplomb
- assurance
- backbone
- balance
- cohesion
- constancy
- dependability
- determination
- durability
- endurance
- establishment
- fastness
- firmness
- hardness
- immobility
- immovability
- maturity
- permanence
- perseverance
- resoluteness
- security
- solidity
- solidness
- soundness
- stableness
- steadfastness
- steadiness
- strength
- substantiality
- support
- sureness
- toughness
- adherence
- aplomb
- assurance
- backbone
- balance
- cohesion
- constancy
- dependability
- determination
- durability
- endurance
- establishment
- fastness
- firmness
- hardness
- immobility
- immovability
- maturity
- permanence
- perseverance
- resoluteness
- security
- solidity
- solidness
- soundness
- stableness
- steadfastness
- steadiness
- strength
- sturdiness
- substantiality
- support
- toughness
- backbone
- body
- brawn
- brawniness
- brute force
- clout
- courage
- durability
- energy
- firmness
- force
- fortitude
- hardiness
- health
- healthiness
- lustiness
- might
- muscle
- nerve
- physique
- pith
- potence
- potency
- pow
- power
- powerfulness
- powerhouse
- puissance
- robustness
- security
- sinew
- sock
- soundness
- stability
- stableness
- stalwartness
- steadiness
- steamroller
- stoutness
- strong arm
- sturdiness
- substance
- tenacity
- toughness
- verdure
- vigor
- vim
- vitality
- zip
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