| ABORIGIN | • aborigin n. (Obsolete) Aborigine. • ABORIGIN n. an original or native inhabitant of a country, also ABORIGEN, ABORIGINE. |
| DIRIGISM | • dirigism n. Alternative form of dirigisme. • DIRIGISM n. state control of economic and social spheres. |
| FRIGIDER | • frigider adj. Comparative form of frigid: more frigid. • FRIGID adj. chillingly stiff. |
| FRIGIDLY | • frigidly adv. In a frigid manner; coldly; icily. • FRIGID adv. chillingly stiff. |
| NONRIGID | • nonrigid adj. Not rigid; flexible. • nonrigid adj. (Of an airship) That maintains its shape only by internal gas pressure. • nonrigid n. (Aviation) An airship that maintains its shape only by internal gas pressure. |
| ORIGINAL | • original adj. (Not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others. • original adj. (Not comparable) First in a series of copies or versions. • original adj. (Not comparable) Newly created. |
| RIGIDEST | • rigidest adj. Superlative form of rigid: most rigid. • RIGID adj. stiff. |
| RIGIDIFY | • rigidify v. To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid. • RIGIDIFY v. to make stiff, also RIGIDISE, RIGIDIZE. |
| RIGIDISE | • rigidise v. Alternative form of rigidize. • RIGIDISE v. to make stiff, also RIGIDIFY, RIGIDIZE. |
| RIGIDITY | • rigidity n. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape. • rigidity n. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. • rigidity n. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. |
| RIGIDIZE | • rigidize v. (Transitive, intransitive) To make or become rigid. • RIGIDIZE v. to make stiff, also RIGIDIFY, RIGIDISE. |
| STRIGILS | • strigils n. Plural of strigil. • STRIGIL n. (Latin) an instrument used by ancient Romans/Greeks for scraping the skin esp. after the bath. |
| STRIGINE | • strigine adj. Of or pertaining to owls. • STRIGINE adj. owllike. |