| amplosome | the short or stocky type of human figure. |
| asthenic | weak; of slender build; (noun) one of slender build > ASTHENICS. |
| barebone | a very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin > BAREBONES, BAREBONED. |
| beamy | massive, like a weaver's beam; broad > BEAMIER, BEAMIEST. |
| beanpole | a tall lanky person. |
| beefcake | sturdy masculine physique. |
| beefiness | the state of being beefy. |
| beefy | thickly built > BEEFIER, BEEFIEST; BEEFILY. |
| blubbery | having a texture like blubber; swollen with fat > BLUBBERIER, BLUBBERIEST. |
| bosomy | of a woman, having large breasts > BOSOMIER, BOSOMIEST. |
| brawny | strongly built > BRAWNIER, BRAWNIEST; BRAWNILY. |
| bucksom | buxom. |
| buirdly | stalwart; large and well made > BUIRDLIER, BUIRDLIEST. |
| bulky | massive > BULKIER, BULKIEST; BULKILY. |
| bullneck | a thick short neck. |
| burliness | the state of being burly. |
| burly | big and strongly built > BURLIER, BURLIEST; BURLILY. |
| butterball | a round fat person. |
| buxom | plump and comely > BUXOMER, BUXOMEST; BUXOMLY. |
| buxomness | the state of being BUXOM. |
| cadaveric cadaverous | gaunt, haggard, like a corpse. |
| callipygean callipygian callipygous | having beautiful buttocks (I am assuming that this implies a certain rondure in this part of the anatomy, as opposed to the niggardly endowment of today's supermodels). |
| casky | cask-like > CASKIER, CASKIEST |
| chowhound | one fond of eating. |
| chubby | plump, short, and thick > CHUBBIER, CHUBBIEST; CHUBBILY. |
| chuffy | fat or puffed out in the cheeks > CHUFFIER, CHUFFIEST. |
| chunky | solidly built > CHUNKIER, CHUNKIEST; CHUNKILY. |
| corpulent | fleshy > CORPULENTLY. |
| cubby | plump, short, and thick > CUBBIER, CUBBIEST. |
| dumpiness | the state of being DUMPY. |
| dumpy | short and thick > DUMPIER, DUMPIEST; DUMPILY; (noun) a dumpy person; a short umbrella > DUMPIES. |
| ectomorph | a person of light and delicate build. |
| ectomorphic | slender and thin. |
| embonpoint | plumpness of person; stoutness. |
| endomorph | a person of generally heavy or rounded body build. |
| endomorphic | heavily built. |
| exility | slenderness or smallness; refinement; poverty. |
| fat | stoutly built > FATTER, FATTEST; FATLY; (verb) to make or grow fat > FATS, FATTING, FATTED. |
| fatness | the quality or state of being fat. |
| fatso | a fat person > FATSOS or FATSOES. |
| fattish | somewhat fat; inclined to fatness. |
| fatty | like fat > FATTIER, FATTIEST; FATTILY; (noun) a fat person > FATTIES. |
| fleshy | having plenty of flesh > FLESHIER, FLESHIEST. |
| fodgel | plump and solidly built; buxom. |
| fubby | chubby and somewhat squat > FUBBIER, FUBBIEST. |
| fubsy | chubby and somewhat squat > FUBSIER, FUBSIEST. |
| fustilugs | a fat and slovenly person > FUSTILUGS. |
| gangling | loose-built, lanky. (N.B. there is no verb GANGLE*). |
| gangly | loose-built, lanky > GANGLIER, GANGLIEST. |
| gaunt | thin, of a pinched appearance. |
| gauntness | the state of being GAUNT. |
| gawkish | gawky > GAWKISHLY. |
| gorbelly | a big belly; a big-bellied person. |
| gracile | slender. |
| gracility | slenderness. |
| heavyset | solidly built; stocky. |
| heftiness | the state of being HEFTY. |
| hefty | big of build > HEFTIER, HEFTIEST; HEFTILY. |
| hippy | having large hips > HIPPIER, HIPPIEST. |
| hulky | bulky, unwieldy > HULKIER, HULKIEST. |
| jimp | slender > JIMPER, JIMPEST; JIMPLY. |
| jimpness | slenderness. |
| jowliness | the state of being JOWLY. |
| jowly | heavy jowled. |
| lank | thin, shrunken > LANKER, LANKEST; LANKLY; (verb) to make or become lean, shrunken > LANKS, LANKING, LANKED. |
| lankiness | the state of being LANKY. |
| lankness | the state of being LANK. |
| lanky | tall and loose-jointed. |
| lathy | like a lath; long and slender. |
| lean | thin, without much flesh. |
| leanness | the state of being lean. |
| leany | lean. No comp! |
| leptosome | a person with a slight or slender build. |
| leptosomic leptosomatic | like a LEPTOSOME. |
| lissom | easily flexed, lithe > LISSOMLY. |
| lissome | easily flexed, lithe > LISSOMELY. |
| lithe | supple, limber > LITHER, LITHEST. |
| litheness | the state of being LITHE. |
| lithesome | easily flexed, lithe. |
| mawger | lean, thin. |
| meaty | full of meat, fleshy > MEATIER, MEATIEST; MEATILY. |
| nonobese | not obese. |
| obese | very fat > OBESER, OBESEST; OBESELY. |
| obeseness | the state of being OBESE. |
| obesity | the state or condition of being obese. |
| overfat | too fat. |
| overthin | too thin. |
| paunchy | having a prominent paunch > PAUNCHIER, PAUNCHIEST. |
| pinguitude | fatness; obesity. |
| plump | well-rounded and full in form > PLUMPER, PLUMPEST; PLUMPLY; (verb) to make plump > PLUMPS, PLUMPING, PLUMPED. |
| plumpen | to make plump. |
| plumpie | (Scots) plump. |
| plumpish | somewhat plump. |
| plumpness | the state of being PLUMP. |
| plumpy | plump; fat; sleek > PLUMPIER, PLUMPIEST. |
| poddy | corpulent > PODDIER, PODDIEST; (noun) a young animal, esp. a calf or lamb > PODDIES. |
| podge | a short, thickset person. |
| podginess | the state of being PODGY. |
| podgy | corpulent > PODGIER, PODGIEST; PODGILY. |
| porky | plump like a pig > PORKIER, PORKIEST. |
| portly | corpulent, stout > PORTLIER, PORTLIEST. |
| potbelly | a protruding abdominal region; a person who has a potbelly. |
| pudge | a short, thickset person. |
| pudginess | the state of being PUDGY. |
| pudgy | corpulent > PUDGIER, PUDGIEST; PUDGILY. |
| pudsey | pudgy, podgy > PUDSIER, PUDSIEST. |
| pudsy | pudgy, podgy > PUDSIER, PUDSIEST. |
| pursiness | the state of being PURSY > PURSINESSES. |
| pursy | fat, short-winded > PURSIER, PURSIEST; PURSILY. |
| pycnic | characterized by shortness of stature, broadness of girth, and powerful muscularity. [N.B. unlike PYKNIC this is adjective only]. |
| pyknic | (someone) characterized by shortness of stature, broadness of girth, and powerful muscularity > PYKNICS. |
| pyknosome | the short or stocky type of human figure. |
| rackabones | a very lean animal, esp. a horse. N.B. no RACKABONE*. |
| ranginess | the state of being RANGY. |
| rangy | slim and long-limbed > RANGIER, RANGIEST; RANGILY. |
| rawbone rawboned | having little flesh. |
| rotund | rounded, plump > ROTUNDER, ROTUNDEST; ROTUNDLY; (verb) to round > ROTUNDS, ROTUNDING, ROTUNDED. |
| scragginess | the state of being SCRAGGY. |
| scraggy | skinny > SCRAGGIER, SCRAGGIEST; SCRAGGILY. |
| scrannel | harsh, unmelodious; (noun) a thin person > SCRANNELS. |
| scranny | thin; scrawny > SCRANNIER, SCRANNIEST. |
| scrawny | having little flesh > SCRAWNIER, SCRAWNIEST; SCRAWNILY. |
| scrunty | stunted > SCRUNTIER, SCRUNTIEST. |
| skinniness | the state of being SKINNY. |
| skinny | having little fat > SKINNIER, SKINNIEST. |
| slender | slight of build > SLENDERER, SLENDEREST; SLENDERLY. |
| slight | small in size or amount > SLIGHTER, SLIGHTEST; SLIGHTLY ; (verb) to treat with disregard > SLIGHTS, SLIGHTING, SLIGHTED. |
| slightish | somewhat slight. |
| slim | slender > SLIMMER, SLIMMEST; SLIMLY; (verb) to make slim > SLIMS, SLIMMING, SLIMMED. |
| slimline | slim, or conducive to slimness. |
| slimmish | somewhat slim. |
| slimness | the state of being slim > SLIMNESSES. |
| sonsie sonsy | having pleasing curves; buxom, comely. |
| spareness | the quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness. |
| spindlelegs | long thin legs; a person who has these. |
| spindleshanks | long thin legs; a person who has these. |
| spindling | a person or thing too long and slender; a slender shoot. |
| spindly | long and thin > SPINDLIER, SPINDLIEST. |
| spuddy | podgy > SPUDDIER, SPUDDIEST. |
| squab | fat, clumsy > SQUABBER, SQUABBEST; (noun) a young pigeon; (verb) to stuff, upholster. |
| squabbish | somewhat fat or squat. |
| squabby | short and thick; squabbish > SQUABBIER, SQUABBIEST. |
| squat | short and thick > SQUATTER, SQUATTEST; SQUATLY; (verb) to sit on one's heels > SQUATS, SQUATTING, SQUATTED. |
| squatness | the state of being SQUAT > SQUATNESSES. |
| squattiness | the state of being SQUATTY. |
| squatty | squat; dumpy > SQUATTIER, SQUATTIEST; SQUATTILY. |
| steatopyga steatopygia | an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp. of females. |
| steatopygic | having a fat behind. |
| stocky | sturdy, thickset > STOCKIER, STOCKIEST; STOCKILY. |
| stout | strong, thick, fat > STOUTER, STOUTEST, STOUTLY; (noun) a kind of beer. |
| stouten | to make stout > STOUTENS, STOUTENING, STOUTENED. |
| stoutish | somewhat stout. |
| stoutness | the state of being STOUT. |
| stubby | short and squat > STUBBIER, STUBBIEST; STUBBILY. |
| stuggy | thick-set; stout > STUGGIER, STUGGIEST. |
| stumpy | short and squat > STUMPIER, STUMPIER. |
| superthin | very thin. |
| svelte | slender, sleek > SVELTER, SVELTEST; SVELTELY. |
| sylph | a spirit of the air; a slim person. |
| sylphish | sylph-like. |
| sylphy | sylph-like > SYLPHIER, SYLPHIEST. |
| thickset | thick of build; (noun) one of thickset build > THICKSETS. |
| thin | not fat > THINNER, THINNEST; THINLY; (verb) to make thin > THINS, THINNING, THINNED. |
| thinness | the quality or state of being thin. |
| thinnish | somewhat thin. |
| tubbiness | the state of being TUBBY. |
| tubbish | round and fat. |
| tubby | corpulent > TUBBIER, TUBBIEST. |
| tunbelly | a potbelly. |
| willowy | slender and graceful > WILLOWIER, WILLOWIEST. |
| wiriness | the quality of being wiry. |
| wiry | of a thin and tough build > WIRIER, WIRIEST; WIRILY. |
| zaftig zoftig | pleasingly plump. |
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