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constriction

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12 lettersPronunciation /kənˈstɹɪk.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted cciinnoorsttStarts with CEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the action or process of compressing

Word origin

Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo.

Used in a sentence

  • “[…] greatest breadth at a point about half way between the constriction and the ends […]”

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Synonyms

tightness 9 lettersbottleneck 10 letterschokepoint 10 letterscoarctation 11 letters

Broader terms

feeling 7 lettersnarrowing 9 letterscompressing 11 letterscompression 11 letterscontraction 11 letterscondensation 12 letters

More specific words

spasm 5 letterssqueeze 7 lettersstrangulation 13 lettersvasoconstriction 16 letters

Rhymes

ion 3 letterscion 4 letterslion 4 letterspion 4 lettersanion 5 lettersavion 5 lettersinion 5 lettersonion 5 letters

Longer words

constrictions 13 lettersvasoconstriction 16 lettersvasoconstrictions 17 letters