Rigor mortis sets in soon after death.
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Rigor
/ˈɹɪɡɚ/
Synonyms for "rigor" (300 found)
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Noun(5 words)
absolute zeroabsolutenessabstinenceabstrusenessaccuracyacerbityacidityacridityacrimonyacutenessadverse circumstancesadversityafflictionaggravationalbigensianismalgidityanchoritic monasticismanchoritismanimalityannoyance
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arduousnessasceticismasperityastringencyatrocityattention to detailattention to factausteritybarbaritybitebitternessbleaknessblightbloodlustbothersomenessbrisknessbrutalitybummerburdensomenesscarecare for truthcatharismcausticitychillchillinesscircumstantialitycoldcoldnesscomplexitycomplicationconscientiousnesscoolcoolnesscoolthcorrectness
Strong matches (90)
crispnesscriticalitycriticalnesscrosscryogenicscryologycursedecrease in temperaturedelicacydestructivenessdetaildifficultiesdifficultnessdifficultydistressdowneredgeeremitismexactingnessexactitude
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exactnessexquisitenessextremityfaithfulnessfastingfaultlessnessferociousnessfidelityfiercenessfinenessfinicalityfinicalnessfinickinessfinickingnessfirmnessflagellationflawlessnessforcefranciscanismfreezing pointfreshnessfrigidityfrostinessfundamentalismfuriousnessfussinessgeliditygrievancegriphairinesshard knockshard lifehard lothardcasehardnesshardshipharshnessicinessimpetuosityimpliabilityinclemencyinexorabilityinflexibilityinhospitablenessinhumanityintense coldintensityintricacyirritation
Noun(16 words)
Verb(1 words)
enforce civil order guidelines
Adjective(4 words)
formal logicsfrench disciplinegerman ordnunghigh degree of forcefulness
Related words (150)
keennesslaboriousnessliteralismliteralityliteralnesslow temperaturemacerationmalignitymathematical precisionmendicantismmercilessnessmeticulousnessmindlessnessminutenessmonachismmonasticismmordacitymordancymortificationmurderousness
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nicenessnicetynipnippinessobduracyobduratenessobstinacyonerousnessoppressivenessorthodoxyparticularityparticularnessperfectionpitilessnessplightpoignancypointprecisenessprecisianismprecisionpredicamentpressurepunctiliopunctiliousnesspunctualitypurismpuritanismrawnessrefinementrelentlessnessrenitencerenitencyrightrightnessrigidityrigidnessrigorismrigorousnessroughnessruggednesssabbatarianismsavageryscrupulosityscrupulousnesssea of troublesself-denialself-mortificationseveritysharp airsharpnessstarchinesssternnessstiffnessstingstrenuousnessstressstress of lifestrictnessstridencystringencystubbornnesssubtletytartnesstautnessteethtensenesstensiontensityterrorismtextualismthe lettertightnesstoilsomenesstoughnesstrappismtrenchancytrialtribulationtroubletroublestroublesomenessunbendingnessuncompromisingnessungentlenessunrelentingnessunyieldingnessvale of tearsvandalismvehemencevenomviciousnessvicissitudeviolencevirulencevisitationvoluntary povertywaldensianismyoga
Noun(26 words)
level of forcefulnessmathematicalitymathematicalnessmore compulsorymore math programlikemore thoroughlymost scientificallypostmortem rigiditypostmortem stiffnessrestrictivenessrigorous physicsrigourrigourousnessscientifically rigorousscientificityscientificnessseverenessseverityshiveringstiffness
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Adjective(6 words)
mathematical logicsprivate work mindsetscholarly disciplinescientific qualitystrict standardsswedish perfektion
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11 entriesbelievabilitycredibilitycrediblenessdifficultnessdifficultyphysiological processpostmortem changequalitystandardsternnessstrictness
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5 entriesearly rigor mortisexperimental rigorlate rigor mortisstatistical rigortheoretical rigor
Collocations
6 entriesacademic rigormathematical rigorprocedural rigorrigor mortisscientific rigorstatistical rigor
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
On the grammar of Esperanto Claude Piron noted "It's very rigorous and requires discipline -- let us just think about the n-ending -- but within the framework of that rigor it gives us so much freedom!"
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We learn to die with a constant rigor throughout a lifetime.
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Fortunately for today’s scientists, Apollo-era leaders had the foresight to save much of the 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of Moon soil and rocks retrieved by NASA astronauts 50 years ago for future generations. They figured new crops of scientists, using instruments of their time, would be able to probe the samples with unprecedented rigor.
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