n. breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

adj. (mesomorphic)

adj. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"

adj. lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

adj. heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

adj. having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"

adj. having a sturdy and well proportioned body; "an athletic build"

adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

adj. euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"

adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"

adj. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well"

adj. of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary"

adj. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"

adj. endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health"

adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "a rugged trapper who spent months in the wilderness"; "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

adj. strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith"

adj. able to survive under unfavorable conditions; "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"; "camels are tough and hardy creatures"

adj. having or suggesting great physical power or force; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony"

adj. full of flavor

adj. of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"

adj. heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"

adj. having a sturdy and well proportioned body; "an athletic build"

adj. having a short, thick and muscular neck

adj. like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg

adj. like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs"

adj. making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk"

adj. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

adj. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"

adj. loud and sharp; "the piercing shriek of sirens"

adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh

adj. resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"

adj. emitting or resembling loud piercing sounds like screams: "a screaming fury of sound"; "shrieking winds"

adj. having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh

adj. marked by a large or well-developed chest; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed"

adj. having broad shoulders; "big-shouldered and heavy-armed"

adj. extremely robust; "an iron constitution"

adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes"

adj. having massive arms; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed"

adj. broad and solidly built

adj. having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter"

adj. physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"