Gristly
61tough — 1. adjective 1) tough leather gloves Syn: durable, strong, resilient, sturdy, rugged, solid, stout, long lasting, heavy duty, industrial strength, well built, made to last Ant: soft, flimsy …
62stringy — adj 1. fibrous, sinewy, ropy, wiry, thready, threadlike; ligamental, filamentary, tough, leathery, gristly, Inf. chewy. 2. ropy, mucous, albuminous, Vulgar. snotty; gluey, pasty, tacky, gooey, Archaic. sizy; glutinous, mucilaginous, synovial,… …
63tough — adj 1. strong, durable, firm, hard, rigid, solid; resisting, resistant, lasting, enduring; substantial, sound, well built. 2. leathery, chewy, gristly, coriaceous; stringy, cartilaginous, fibrous, sinewy, wiry, ropy. 3. brawny, muscular,… …
64stringy — [adj] long, thin fibrous, gangling, gristly, lank, lanky, muscular, reedy, ropy, sinewy, spindling, spindly, threadlike, tough, wiry; concept 490 …
65gristle — ► NOUN ▪ cartilage, especially when found as tough inedible tissue in meat. DERIVATIVES gristly adjective. ORIGIN Old English …
66cartilaginous — [kart′ l aj′ə nəs] adj. 1. of or like cartilage; gristly 2. having a skeleton made up mainly of cartilage, as any of a class (Chondrichthyes) of fishes (cartilaginous fish), including sharks, rays, and skates …
67gristle — [gris′əl] n. [ME gristel < OE gristle (akin to OFris gristel) < ? IE * ghrei : see GRIME] cartilage, now esp. as found in meat gristliness n. gristly [gris′lē] adj …
68gristle — n. tough flexible tissue in vertebrates; cartilage. Derivatives: gristly adj. Etymology: OE gristle …
69gristliness — ](ə)lēnə̇s, lin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being gristly * * * gristˈliness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑gristle …
70car|ti|lag|i|noid — «KAHR tuh LAJ uh noyd», adjective. hard and gristly, like cartilage. ╂[< Latin cartilāgō, inis cartilage + English oid] …
