III. WORDS RELATING TO MATTER

II. INORGANIC MATTER

1. Solid Matter

Tenacity.

[Antonyms: brittleness.]

[Nouns] tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion) [more]; grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion) [more]; sequacity; stubbornness (obstinacy); glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquididty) [more].

leather; white leather, whitleather; gristle, cartilage.

[Verbs] be tenacious; resist fracture.

[Adjectives] tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly; cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather; stubborn (obstinate) [more].