| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays |
acanthopterygian
,
spiny-finned fish
|
| resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible |
adamance
,
obduracy
,
unyieldingness
|
| complex, inflexible administrative system |
bureaucracy
|
| inflexible and unchanging state |
calcification
|
| becoming inflexible or out of date |
fossilisation
,
fossilization
|
| inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior |
personality disorder
|
| physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend |
stiffness
|
| swollen and inflexible |
turgid
|
