Word Meanings - CONSTRICTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. 2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
Additional info about word: CONSTRICTION
1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. 2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.
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- BELLMAN
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton. - THICKENING
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. - BELIAL
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. - THINKING
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - THEBAIC
Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - THORN-HEADED
Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead. - BEWRAP
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. - BERGOMASK
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. - BEVELMENT
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. - BESCATTER
1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - BETSO
A small brass Venetian coin. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - THIRD
The third tone of the scale; the mediant. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. 2. The sixtieth part of a second of time. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - GABBER
1. A liar; a deceiver. 2. One addicted to idle talk. - LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n. - COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - HAIRBELL
See HAREBELL - BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - PROGNATHIC
Prognathous. - ANTHEMIS
Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants. - POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller. - AETHER
See ETHER - DESMOGNATHOUS
Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. - FORTHPUTING
Bold; forward; aggressive. - WARMTH
The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; - ORBED
Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench. - PANTHER
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.