N. strength, power, energy, vigor, force, main force, physical force, brute force, spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity, stoutness, lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique, pith, pithiness, virtility, vitality, athletics, athleticism, gymnastics, feats of strength, adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak, iron grip, grit, bone, athlete, gymnast, acrobat, superman, atlas, hercules, antæus, samson, cyclops, goliath, tower of strength, giant refreshed, strengthening, invigoration, refreshment, refocillation, dynamics, statics

V. be strong, be stronger, overmatch, render strong, give strength, strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird, screw up, wind up, set up, gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins, recruit, set on one's legs, vivify, refresh, refect, reinforce, reenforce

Adj. strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid, resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable, incontestable, more than a match for, overpowering, overwhelming, all powerful, all sufficient, sovereign, able-bodied, athletic, herculean, cyclopean, atlantean, muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic, manly, man-like, manful, masculine, male, virile, unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted, in full force, in full swing, in the plenitude of power, stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, sound as a roach, in fine feather, in high feather, built like a brick shithouse, like a giant refreshed

Adv. strongly, by force, by main force

Phr. "our withers are unwrung", blut und eisen, coelitus mihi vires, du fort au diable, en habiles gens, ex vi termini, flecti non frangi, "he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill", "inflexible in faith invincible in arms"

N. powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature|, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology

V. come to dust, be disintegrated, be reduced to powder &c. reduce to powder, grind to powder, pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate, scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise, contuse, contund, beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate, attenuate

Adj. powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces

N. determination, will, iron will, unconquerable will, will of one's own, decision, resolution, backbone, clear grit, true grit, grit, sand, strength of mind, strength of will, resolve, firmness, energy, manliness, vigor, game, pluck, resoluteness, zeal, aplomb, desperation, devotion, devotedness, mastery over self, self control, self command, self possession, self reliance, self government, self restraint, self conquest, self denial, moral courage, moral strength, perseverance, tenacity, obstinacy, bulldog, british lion

V. have determination, know one's own mind, be resolved, make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine, decide, form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve, conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity, take a decisive step, take upon oneself, devote oneself to, give oneself up to, throw away the scabbard, kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's stand, stand firm, steel oneself, stand no nonsense, not listen to the voice of the charmer, buckle to, buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel, lay one's shoulder to the wheel, set one's shoulder to the wheel, put one's heart into, run the gauntlet, make a dash at, take the bull by the horns, rush in medias res, plunge in medias res, go in for, insist upon, make a point of, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon, stick at nothing, stop at nothing, make short work of, not stick at trifles, go all lengths, go the limit *, go the whole hog, persist, go through fire and water, ride the tiger, ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm

Adj. resolved, determined, strong-willed, strong-minded, resolute, self-possessed, decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant, unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking, firm, iron, gritty, indomitable, game to the backbone, inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down, tenax propositi, inflexible, obstinate, steady, earnest, serious, set upon, bent upon, intent upon, steel against, proof against, in utrumque paratus

Adv. resolutely, in earnest, in good earnest, seriously, joking apart, earnestly, heart and soul, on one's mettle, manfully, like a man, with a high hand, with a strong hand, at any rate, at any risk, at any hazard at any price, at any cost, at any sacrifice, at all hazards, at all risks, at all events, a bis ou a blanc, cost what it may, coute, a tort et a travers, once for all, neck or nothing, rain or shine

Phr. spes sibi quisque, celui qui veut celui-la peut, chi non s'arrischia non guadagna, frangas non flectes, manu forti, tentanda via est

N. perseverance, continuance, permanence, firmness, constancy, steadiness, singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose, persistence, plodding, patience, sedulity, pertinacy|, pertinacity, pertinaciousness, iteration bottom, game, pluck, stamina, backbone, grit, indefatigability, indefatigableness, bulldog courage

V. persevere, persist, hold on, hold out, die in the last ditch, be in at the death, stick to, cling to, adhere to, stick to one's text, keep on, keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground, go all lengths, go through fire and water, bear up, keep up, hold up, plod, stick to work, continue, follow up, die in harness, die at one's post

Adj. persevering, constant, steady, steadfast, undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping, unflagging, undrooping, steady as time, unrelenting, unintermitting, unremitting, plodding, industrious, strenuous, pertinacious, persisting, persistent, solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself, unchangeable, unconquerable, indomitable, game to the last, indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring

Adv. through evil report and good report, through thick and thin, through fire and water, per fas et nefas, without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere

Phr. never say die, give it the old college try, vestigia nulla retrorsum, aut vincer aut mori, la garde meurt et ne se rend pas, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre

N. uncleanness, impurity, immundity, immundicity, impurity, defilement, contamination, defoedation|, soilure, soiliness|, abomination, leaven, taint, tainture|, fetor, decay, putrescence, putrefaction, corruption, mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo|, slovenry, slovenliness &c

V. be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear &c, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber

Adj. dirty, squalor, filthy, dowdy, grimy, drab, unclean, slut, impure, malkin, soiled, slattern, not to be handled with kid gloves, sloven, dusty, slammerkin|, snuffy, slammock, smutty, slummock, sooty, scrub, smoky, draggle-tail, thick, mudlark, turbid, dust- man, dreggy, sweep, slimy, beast, mussy, dirt, slovenly, filth, untidy, soil, messy, slop, uncleanly, dust, unkempt, cobweb, sluttish, flue, dowdy, smoke, draggle-tailed, soot, uncombed, smudge, unscoured, smut, unswept, grit, unwiped, grime, unwashed, raff, unstrained, sossle, unpurified, sozzle, squalid, sordes, lutose, dregs, slammocky, grounds, slummocky, lees, sozzly, argol, nasty, sediment, coarse, settlement heeltap, foul, dross, offensive, drossiness, abominable, mother|, beastly, precipitate, reeky, scoriae, reechy, ashes, fetid, cinders, decayed, recrement, moldy, slag, musty, scum, mildewed, froth, rusty, hogwash, moth-eaten, ditchwater, mucid, dishwater, rancid, bilgewater, weak, rinsings, bad, cheeseparings, gone bad, sweepings, etercoral, offscourings, lentiginous, outscourings, touched, off scum, fusty, caput mortuum, effete, residuum, reasty, sprue, rotten, fecula, corrupt, clinker, tainted, draff, high, scurf, flyblown, scurfiness, maggoty, exuviae, putrid, morphea, putrefactive, fur, putrescent, furfur, putrefied, dandruff, saprogenic, tartar, saprogenous, riffraff, purulent, vermin, carious, louse, peccant, flea, fecal, bug, feculent, chinch, stercoraceous, mud, excrementitious, mire, scurfy, quagmire, scurvy, alluvium, impetiginous, silt, gory, sludge, bloody, slime, rotting, slush, rotten as a pear, slosh, rotten as cheese, sposh, crapulous, spawn, gross, offal, fimetarious, gurry, fimicolous, lientery, garbage, carrion, excreta, slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria, faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap, shit, sewage, sewerage, muck, coprolite, guano, manure, compost, dunghill, colluvies, mixen, midden, bog, laystall, sink, privy, jakes, toilet, john, head, cess, cesspool, sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer, cloacina, dust hole, sty, pigsty, lair, den, augean stable, sink of corruption, slum, rookery

Phr. "they that touch pitch will be defiled"