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Brawn

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sinewnoun(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
musclenoun(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

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sinewnoun(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
musclenoun(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
muscularitynoun(bodybuilding) The degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed.
forcenounAbility to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
musculaturenounThe collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
brute strengthnounCrude or animal-like physical strength alone, applied without skill or intelligent reasoning.
stronghandnoun(obsolete) violence; force; power
strong-armernounA strong-arm
furynounExtreme anger.
brute forcenoun(computer science) A method of computation wherein the computer is let to try all permutations of a problem until one is found that provides a solution, in contrast to the implementation of a more intelligent algorithm.
brutismnounBehaviour or action characteristic of a brute.
loadnounA burden; a weight to be carried.
bruntnounThe full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
bonesnoun(plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
pullnoun(countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
strainingverbThe act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)
strainnoun(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
brathnoun(UK dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.
testosteronenoun(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.
beastingnoun(UK, military, slang) The imposition of arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

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