Gristly
51wiry — Synonyms and related words: able bodied, athletic, brawny, broad shouldered, burly, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous, durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, gristly,… …
52Tenacity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Tenacity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,328,} tenacity toughness strength Sgm: N 1 2 =>(cohesion) ???>46 Sgm: N 1 grip grip grasp stickiness =>(cohesion) …
53gristle — gris|tle [ˈgrısəl] n [U] [: Old English;] the part of meat that is not soft enough to eat >gristly adj …
54chondral — adj. cartilaginous, gristly …
55Chondrolaena — Gk chondros, grain; klaena, cloak. The bases of the glumes are gristly and horny and so provide extra protection to the enclosed florets …
56gristle — [ grɪs(ə)l] noun cartilage, especially when found as tough inedible tissue in meat. Derivatives gristly adjective Origin OE, of unknown origin …
57cartilaginous — a. Gristly …
58gristle — noun (U) the part of meat that is not soft enough to eat gristly adjective …
59leathery — adjective 1) leathery skin Syn: rough, rugged, leathered, hard, hardened, wrinkled, furrowed, lined, weather beaten, callous, gnarled 2) a leathery cut of beef Syn: tough …
60stringy — adjective 1) stringy hair Syn: straggly, lank, thin 2) a stringy brunette Syn: lanky, gangling, gangly, rangy, wiry, bony, skinny, scrawny, thin, spa …