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Common
adj
•
Having
a
severe
property
;
presenting
difficulty
.
Resistant
to
pressure
.
Strong
.
Containing
alcohol
.
High in
dissolved
chemical
salts
,
especially
those of
calcium
.
Difficult
or
requiring
a lot
of
effort
to do,
understand
,
experience
, or
deal with
.
Demanding
a lot
of
effort
to
endure
.
Severe
,
harsh
,
unfriendly
,
brutal
.
Difficult
to
resist
or control;
powerful
.
•
In Physics:
Having
a
severe
property
;
presenting
difficulty
.
Having
the
capability
of being a
permanent magnet
by being a
material
with high
magnet
ic
coercivity
(compare
soft
).
•
In Photography:
Having
a
severe
property
;
presenting
difficulty
.
Made up
of
parallel
rays
,
producing
clearly
defined
shadows
.
•
In Military:
Having
a
severe
property
;
presenting
difficulty
.
Hardened
;
having
unusually
strong
defences
.
•
Unquestionable
,
unequivocal
.
•
Having
a
comparatively
larger
or a ninety-degree
angle
.
⚠️
Sexually
aroused
;
having
an
erect penis
.
•
In Bodybuilding:
Having
muscles
that are
tightened
as a result
of
intense
,
regular
exercise
.
•
In Phonetics:
Plosive
.
•
In Phonetics:
Unvoiced
•
In Phonetics:
Velarized
or
plain
,
rather than
palatalized
•
In Art:
Having
a
severe
property
;
presenting
a
barrier
to
enjoyment
.
Rigid
in the
drawing
or
distribution
of the
figures
;
formal
;
lacking
grace
of
composition
.
Having
disagreeable
and
abrupt
contrasts
in colour
or
shading
.
•
In a
physical
form, not
digital
.
•
Using a
manual
or
physical
process, not
by means of
a
software
command
.
•
In Politics:
Far,
extreme
.
•
Of
silk
: not
having
had the
natural
gum
boiled
off.
adv
•
With much
force
or
effort
.
•
With difficulty
.
•
So as to
raise
difficulties
.
•
Compactly
.
•
Near
,
close
.
noun
•
In Nautical:
A
firm
or
paved
beach
or
slope
convenient
for
hauling
vessels
out of
the water.
•
A
tyre
whose
compound
is
softer
than superhards, and
harder
than
mediums
.
•
Crack cocaine
.
•
Hard labor
.
name
•
A
surname
.
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severe
solid
challenging
arduously
intolerable
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randy
puzzling
confusing
tough
unbearable
strenuous
coarse
stony
tricky
arduous
of drink
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painful
frustrating
easy
fast
scary
simple
important
strong
good
rough
easier
tempting
impossible
stressful
stiff
expensive
complicated
hot
risky
ready
able
troublesome
possible
quick
awkward
nice
soft
tries
slow
dangerous
unlikely
cool
costly
likely
heavy
interesting
complex
deep
problematic
tight
cumbersome
inconvenient
convenient
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simple
pulpy
easy
non-alcoholic
low-alcohol
straightforward
flaccid
bearable
trite
soft
alcohol-free
of roads
all senses
resistant to pressure
Rhymes
ard
Bard
sard
yard
tard
pard
hard
fard
lard
Card
card
nard
Hard
guard
Guard
shard
chard
canard
holard
marred
regard
echard
retard
leotard
discard
unitard
poulard
chresard
misregard
disregard
oversparred
knacker's yard
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