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hardness

/'hɑrdnɪs/

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noun
devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
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callosity callousness insensibility unfeelingness

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insensitiveness insensitivity
noun
excessive sternness
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harshness inclemency rigor rigorousness rigour rigourousness severeness severity stiffness

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strictness sternness
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the quality of being difficult to do
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"he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"

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ruggedness

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difficulty difficultness
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a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
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"the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present"

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quality
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the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
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softness

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consistence body substance consistency

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