Word Meanings - RESTRINGENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Restringing; astringent; styptic. -- n.

Related words: (words related to RESTRINGENT)

• STYPTICAL
  Styptic; astringent.
• RESTRINGENCY
  Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. Sir W. Petty.
• RESTRINGENT
  Restringing; astringent; styptic. -- n.
• ASTRINGENTLY
  In an astringent manner.
• RESTRINGE
  To confine; to contract; to stringe.
• STYPTIC
  Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. Styptic weed , an American leguminous herb closely related to the wild senna.
• ASTRINGENT
  1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. 2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
• STYPTICITY
  The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
• SUBASTRINGENT
  Somewhat astringent.