ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

324. Softness -- N. softness, pliableness &c adj.; flexibility; pliancy, pliability;
sequacity † , malleability; ductility, tractility † ; extendibility, extensibility; plasticity;
inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity.
penetrability.
clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down,
padding, wadding; foam.
mollification; softening &c v..
V. render soft &c adj.; soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper; mash, knead, squash.
bend, yield, relent, relax, give.
plasticize'.
Adj. soft, tender, supple; pliant, pliable; flexible, flexile; lithe, lithesome; lissom, limber,
plastic; ductile; tractile † , tractable; malleable, extensile, sequacious † , inelastic;
aluminous † ; remollient † .
yielding &c v.; flabby, limp, flimsy.
doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony † .
flaccid, flocculent, downy; edematous, oedematous † , medullary [Anat.], argillaceous,
mellow.
soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk; yielding as wax, tender as chicken.
325. Elasticity -- N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy.
rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen,
natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic.
flexibility, Young's modulus.
V. stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic &c adj.; bounce, spring back &c (recoil) 277.
Adj. elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant; ductile, stretchable,
extendable.
Phr. the stress is proportional to the strain.
326. Inelasticity -- N. want of elasticity, absence of elasticity &c 325; inelasticity &c
(softness) 324,
Adj. unyielding, inelastic, inflexible &c (soft) 324; irresilient † .
327. Tenacity -- N. {ant.
328} tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion) 46; grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion)
46; sequacity † ; stubbornness &c (obstinacy);; glue, cement, glutinousness † ,
sequaciousness † , viscidity, (semiliquidity) 352.
leather; white leather, whitleather † ; gristle, cartilage.
unbreakability, tensile strength.
V. be tenacious &c adj.; resist fracture.
grip, grasp, stick (cohesion) 46.
Adj. tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious † , stringy, gristly cartilaginous,
leathery, coriaceous † , tough as whitleather † ; stubborn &c (obstinate) 606.
unbreakable, indivisible; atomic.
328. Brittleness -- N. {ant.