constringency
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constringency — n. compression, contraction … English contemporary dictionary
constringency — constrinˈgency noun • • • Main Entry: ↑constringe … Useful english dictionary
constringent — constringency, n. /keuhn strin jeuhnt/, adj. 1. constricting. 2. causing constriction. [1595 1605; < L constringent (s. of constringens, prp. of constringere). See CONSTRINGE, ENT] * * * … Universalium
abbreviation — Synonyms and related words: abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, apocope, aposiopesis, astriction, astringency, blue penciling, bottleneck, bowdlerization, brief, cancellation, capsule, censoring, censorship, cervix, circumscription,… … Moby Thesaurus
astringency — Synonyms and related words: Spartanism, abbreviation, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, asperity, astriction, astringence, austerity, authoritarianism, bite, bitingness, bitter pill, bitterness, bottleneck,… … Moby Thesaurus
bottleneck — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, approach, astriction, astringency, asymptote, bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, canal, catch, cecum, cervix, channel, choking, choking off, circumscription, clog … Moby Thesaurus
cervix — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, advocate, alpenstock, ankle, arm, articulation, astriction, astringency, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bag, ballocks, balls, bandeau, basket, beard, bearer, bottleneck, boundary, bra, brace … Moby Thesaurus
circumscription — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, allowance, astriction, astringency, ban, bar, barring, beleaguerment, besetment, blockade, blockading, border line, bottleneck, bound, boundaries, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounds,… … Moby Thesaurus
compression — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, agglutination, apocope, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, clamping, clamping down, clumping, clustering, coarctation, compactedness, compaction,… … Moby Thesaurus
concentration — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, absorbed attention, absorption, abstraction, accelerando, acceleration, advertence, advertency, agglutination, aggravation, alertness, application, approach, ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, astriction,… … Moby Thesaurus
