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for physique
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Physique \Phy*sique"\ (f[i^]*z[=e]k"), n. [F. See Physic.]
The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
[1913 Webster]
With his white hair and splendid physique. --Mrs.
Stowe.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
physique
n 1: constitution of the human body [syn: physique, build,
body-build, habitus]
2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body,
physical body, material body, soma, build, figure,
physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame,
form, flesh]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "physique":
anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, beef,
beefiness, bod, body, body-build, bones, brand, brawn, brawniness,
build, building, built, carcass, cast, character, chassis, clay,
clod, complexion, composition, configuration, conformation,
constituents, constitution, construction, corpus, crasis, creation,
dharma, diathesis, disposition, elasticity, ethos, fabric,
fabrication, fashion, fashioning, fiber, figure, flesh, forging,
form, format, formation, frame, genius, getup, grain, habit,
heftiness, hue, hulk, humor, humors, huskiness, ilk,
involuntary muscle, kind, make, makeup, making, manufacture,
material body, mold, molding, muscle, muscularity, musculature,
nature, organic structure, organism, organization, pattern,
patterning, person, physical body, plan, production, property,
quality, setup, shape, shaping, sinew, sinewiness, sinews, soma,
somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, streak, stripe, structure,
structuring, suchness, system, tectonics, temper, temperament,
tendency, tenor, texture, thew, thewiness, thews, tissue, tone,
torso, trunk, type, vein, voluntary muscle, warp and woof, way,
weave, web
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