Stamina

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stamen \Sta"men\ (st[=a]"m[e^]n), n.; pl. E. {Stamens}
     (-m[e^]nz) (used only in the second sense); L. {Stamina}
     (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]) (in the first sense). [L. stamen the
     warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. sth`mwn the warp, fr.
     'ista`nai to stand, akin to E. stand. See {Stand}, and cf.
     {Stamin}, {Stamina}.]


     1. A thread; especially, a warp thread.
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     2. (pl. {Stamens}, rarely {Stamina}.) (Bot.) The male organ
        of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or
        fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stamina \Stam"i*na\ (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), n. pl.
     See {Stamen}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stamina \Stam"i*na\, n. pl.
     1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives
        it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of
        animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina
        which constitute their strength.
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     2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of
        anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a
        constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
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              He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the
              whole stamina and resistance of the contest. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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     3. Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand
        fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stamen
       n : the male reproductive organ of a flower
       [also: {stamina} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stamina
       n : enduring strength and energy [syn: {staying power}, {toughness}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stamina
       See {stamen}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "stamina":
     application, assiduity, assiduousness, backbone, balls, bottom,
     bulldog tenacity, chutzpah, cohesiveness, concentration, constancy,
     courage, decisiveness, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness,
     durability, endurance, energy, engrossment, fidelity, force,
     fortitude, gameness, grit, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, hardiness,
     hardness, heart, heart of oak, heartiness, indefatigability,
     indomitability, industriousness, industry, infrangibility,
     insistence, insistency, intestinal fortitude, lastingness,
     leatherlikeness, loyalty, lustihood, lustiness, mettle,
     mettlesomeness, might, mightiness, moxie, nerve, obstinacy,
     patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence,
     persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pith, plodding, pluck,
     pluckiness, plugging, potency, power, powerfulness, preoccupation,
     relentlessness, resistance, resolution, robustness, ropiness,
     ruggedness, sand, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness,
     singleness of purpose, slogging, spirit, spunk, spunkiness,
     stability, stalwartness, starch, staunchness, staying power,
     steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, sticking power,
     stiffness, stout heart, stoutness, strength, strength of will,
     stringiness, stubbornness, sturdiness, tenaciousness, tenacity,
     tirelessness, toleration, toughness, true grit, unbreakability,
     unbreakableness, unremittingness, unswerving attention, vigor,
     vigorousness, viscidity, vitality