Constriction is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CONSTRICTION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• an act or product of constricting
• the action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening
• a place where something has become tighter or narrower; an obstruction
• The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
• The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
• tight or narrow compression
• a tight feeling in some part of the body
• the action or process of compressing

Words related to CONSTRICTION

constrictions17 constrictive19 constrictively24

Words that contain CONSTRICTION

constrictions17 vasoconstriction23 vasoconstrictions24

How to use CONSTRICTION in a sentence

• Sometimes the constriction took a longitudinal direction, with the same ultimate result.
• Some of the cells, which are visible by the microscope, produce four small cells at their free summit, apparently by germination and constriction.
• We could not speak from the constriction, till we found a little puddle under a stone.
• For the first instant Monsignor was conscious of a slight swaying motion, which resolved itself presently into a faint sensation of constriction on his temples, but no more.
• For a few minutes I was aware merely of an uncomfortable constriction which I fondly believed would ease as I grew accustomed to it.
• So severe was this constriction of my frail frame upon my vital organs that I felt, there and then, immediately, that death was upon me.
• The Medium described her sensations during the automatic writing as a constriction at the wrist.
• The little painful constriction in her chest which had so often come lately with her thoughts of him was gone.
• With most of us hunger seemed to attack the entire nervous system, and the constriction of the stomach produced an acute sensation of pain.
• Some pains were felt in the limbs, and a constriction about the chest and abdomen, which had steadily increased in severity.
• The throat must act as a sort of chimney or funnel for the voice, hence any unnatural constriction will not only harm its tones but injure its health.
• Nervousness and mental strain are common sources of mouth and throat constriction, so make the battle for poise and self-confidence for which we pleaded in the opening chapter.
• No corset, band, belt, or other means of constriction, should impede the circulation.
• Recent fashions have permitted the enlargement of the waist line in women, but unfortunately there is still too much constriction of this important part of the body.
• His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty.
• Slits of bamboo are usually placed under the beads, and may be removed if the pain or annoyance of the constriction is too severe.
• I had just begun to fancy that I felt the constriction round my temples again when Mrs.
• That horrible feeling of constriction was closing in upon me.
• It increased, and ended in a constriction of the lungs, bringing on a slow decline.
• Doggedly he sought to shut his mind to the pain stabbing through his weary feet, to the constriction of his throat, to the ache of his body so sorely and so long punished.
• A deft, shrewd modification of the tariff helped to loosen the stream of commerce which after years of constriction began again to flow freely.

Similar words containing NSTRIC without suffix tion and without prefix co

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