The "floppiness" of lower strings on short-scale instruments, can be cured by using thicker strings, which have to be given more tension to reach the same pitch. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
Softening and floppiness of the airway structures above the vocal cords. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
The questioner can still ask the candidates that do show up to comment on Romney's floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [Why Might Romney Skip Debate? His YouTube Greatest Hits May Explain All!] Reference
I was worried about this in the beginning, but it showed no signs of floppiness, so I kept knitting. From Wordnik.com. [Granite and Bamboo - And She Knits Too!] Reference
The floppiness can be ignored, but the blooms were down on the ground, I had to dig them out of the foliage to even see them. From Wordnik.com. [Blogger Visitors, In The Garden « Fairegarden] Reference
I certainly would not go hanging my colours to the mast of Campbell floppiness from the Tory Bookseller by appointment to CCHQ!. From Wordnik.com. [How the BBC Is Saying 'Sorry' to Alastair Campbell] Reference
Jonathan Slinger's neck has an unnerving floppiness: it's as if his head, stuffed full of Latin tags, is too heavy to hold upright. From Wordnik.com. [Birdsong; On Ageing; The Big Fellah; Yes, Prime Minister] Reference
When you send a wave through a material, the floppiness of the material gradually absorbs the energy of the wave and it disappears. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
I look at those little blond curls in the envelope and I just ache – he had ‘big boy’ hair now and has no patience for floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [This Is The Way The World Ends, Not With A Bang, But A Haircut - Her Bad Mother] Reference
The training kit for six students includes a washable, brown plastic mannequin filled with about two quarts of water, which gives it the weight and floppiness of a non-breathing newborn. From Wordnik.com. [International Helping Babies Breathe course teaches newborn resuscitation] Reference
A new take on any issue from an individual is called everything from a flip-flop with its connotations of floppiness and indecision and unreliability to words like betrayal and lack of principles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
I use a .049 for the C string on my mandobird and I get no floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
In rich soils, plants should be periodically pinched to prevent floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
"There's such a lovable floppiness about him," Rudd tells Canwest News Service. From Wordnik.com. [Dose.ca Celeb News] Reference
· muscle tone (patterns of unusual floppiness, tightness, spasms, or movements). From Wordnik.com. [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference
"I think I reveal my lovable floppiness in the opening scene of Sarah Marshall," he quips. From Wordnik.com. [Dose.ca Celeb News] Reference
I wanted one with some stiffness to offset the floppiness of a knitted bag and give it some structure. From Wordnik.com. [needle book] Reference
Babies with GBS have clinical features that include floppiness, unresponsiveness, poor feeding, grunting, irritability and changes in heart and respiratory rates. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The SVX was a good car dragged down into floptastic floppiness by the hubris of its maker. brief-period of time in the early part of this decade, this scribe worked at a Jaguar dealership as a parts guy. From Wordnik.com. [Automotive News Blog at CARandDRIVER.com - Car News Resource] Reference
"The work of the IEC is characterised by floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
That’s a technique that seems to result in a great deal of floppiness of the dough. From Wordnik.com. [» Experiments with Sourdough Strocel.com] Reference
Its silkiness, its floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Bloom] Reference
I have wondered about the floppiness issue too. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Grandbaby Cakes] Reference
Not so much it's floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [Shut Up & Knit!] Reference
Her floppiness. From Wordnik.com. [The New Girl] Reference
Excessive floppiness?. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
'Goldie Hawn', in her grin and floppiness). From Wordnik.com. [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference
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