Obstruction is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for OBSTRUCTION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the state of being obstructed
• the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed
• a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress; an obstacle or blockage
• (in various sports) the action of unlawfully obstructing a player in the opposing team.
• blockage of a bodily passage, especially the gut
• the action of impeding the movement of traffic on a highway
• the action of deliberately hindering the police in their duties
• The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
• That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
• The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
• any structure that makes progress difficult
• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
• getting in someone\'s way
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the state of being obstructed; a condition of being clogged or blocked; an act of obstructing

Words related to OBSTRUCTION

obstructional17 obstructionally22 obstructions16

Words that contain OBSTRUCTION

obstructions16 obstructional17 obstructionism20 obstructionist18 obstructionally22 obstructionisms21 obstructionists19 obstructionisti19 obstructionistic22

How to use OBSTRUCTION in a sentence

• It asserted not only the power of the Federal government to incorporate a bank, but also the freedom of such a bank from the taxation, control, or obstruction of any State.
• Hannibal then entered with his infantry, ordering his cavalry to stay behind, that they might be able to bring their assistance wherever it was required without obstruction.
• But the leaf-tree wall was an obstruction behind which the men worked.
• The valve can then be taken out and the obstruction removed.
• The fugitive, catching in some obstruction, was thrown flat upon his face, but quickly recovered himself.
• Local Government Board clerks roused themselves to judicial obstruction.
• The obstruction caused by bulky apparatus is another inconvenience, upon which it is unnecessary to dwell.
• The only obstruction was from a silk curtain, drawn across the window to keep out the glare.
• The arrangement is such that the rising vapors can regularly and without obstruction traverse these materials of wide surface.
• We did not relish the idea of running aground perhaps, and of having the ebbing waters leave our craft to settle and wreck herself upon some hidden obstruction.
• In the meanwhile I offer no further obstruction to the course which you propose taking.
• The low roof of the hothouse became an obstruction to further growth, and had to be removed.
• In such forests there is little obstruction of brushwood, and over knoll and hollow, between the trunks, the oxen laboured on.
• Fortunately, the obstruction may sometimes be removed by vigorous coughing, and relief is then obtained.
• Enough for a man of his type to find an obstruction in his path.
• The towering flames surmounted every obstruction and rose to the evening skies one huge and burning beacon, seen far and wide through the adjacent country.
• When a stationary wagon or other obstruction sent me out into the road, it enabled me to pick up the curb again unerringly.
• The towering flames had now surmounted every obstruction, and rose to the evening skies, one huge and burning beacon, seen far and wide through the adjacent country.
• He went very slowly, and finally his outstretched hand touched an obstruction.
• The next instant he kicked against an obstruction, staggered, fought madly to recover himself, tripped a second time, and with a yell of rage fell headlong.
• The importance of keeping the level fields of the Vale properly drained is obvious, for a permanent obstruction might easily mean the flooding of a considerable area.
• Under that lever, obstruction eventually gives way.
• It should be open at both ends, and so free from obstruction that a cat, a chimney-swallow or a summer breeze could pass through it without difficulty.
• She said the same as that I had been the cause of the great obstruction in the school.
• In the fraction of a second all three were drenched to the skin, the water pouring from them in sheets, as if they had been some slight obstruction in the path of a waterfall.
• The obstruction may be invisible, and yet be powerful enough to cause friction, which hinders the working of the engine and throws everything out of gear.

Similar words containing OBSTRUC without suffix tion

obstruct12 obstructs13 obstructed15 obstructer14 obstructor14 obstructers15 obstructing16 obstructive18 obstructors15 obstructions16 obstructives19 unobstructed17 obstructional17 obstructively23 unobstructive20 obstructingly21 obstructionism20 obstructionist18 obstructionally22 obstructionisms21 obstructionists19 obstructiveness22 obstructionisti19 obstructionistic22 obstructivenesses24

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