Constrictive (a.) Serving or tending to bind or constrict.
Constrictor (n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
Constrictor (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
Constringed (imp. & p. p.) of Constringe
Constringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constringe
Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
Constringent (a.) Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
Constructed (imp. & p. p.) of Construct
Constructing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Construct
Construct (v. t.) To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
Construct (v. t.) To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
Construct (a.) Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
Constructer (n.) One who, or that which, constructs or frames.
Construction (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Construction (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
Construction (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
Construction (n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
Constructional (a.) Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.
Constructionist (n.) One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad constructionist.
Constructive (a.) Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.
Constructive (a.) Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.
Constructively (adv.) In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.
Constructiveness (n.) Tendency or ability to form or construct.
Constructiveness (n.) The faculty which enables one to construct, as in mechanical, artistic, or literary matters.
Constructor (n.) A constructer.
Constructure (n.) That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.
Construed (imp. & p. p.) of Construe
Construing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Construe
Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate.
Construe (v. t. ) To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
Construprated (imp. & p. p.) of Constuprate
Constuprating (p. p. & vb. n.) of Constuprate
Constuprate (v. t.) To ravish; to debauch.
Constupration (n.) The act of ravishing; violation; defilement.
Consubstantial (a.) Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.
Consubstantialism (n.) The doctrine of consubstantiation.
Consubstantialist (n.) One who believes in consubstantiation.
Consubstantiality (n.) Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance.
Consubstantially (adv.) In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
Consubstantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Consubstantiate
Consubstantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consubstantiate
Consubstantiate (v. t. ) To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature.
Consubstantiate (v. i.) To profess or belive the doctrine of consubstantion.
Consubstantiate (a.) Partaking of the same substance; united; consubstantial.
Consubstantiation (n.) An identity or union of substance.
Consubstantiation (n.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation.
Consuetude (n.) Custom, habit; usage.
Consuetudinal (a.) According to custom; customary; usual.
Consuetudinary (a.) Customary.
Consuetudinaries (pl. ) of Cussuetudinary
Cussuetudinary (n.) A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises.
Consul (n.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic.
Consul (n.) A senator; a counselor.
Consul (n.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
Consul (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen.
Consulage (n.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.
Consular (a.) Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.
Consulary (a.) Consular.
Consulate (n.) The office of a consul.
Consulate (n.) The jurisdiction or residence of a consul.
Consulate (n.) Consular government; term of office of a consul.
Consulship (n.) The office of a consul; consulate.
Consulship (n.) The term of office of a consul.
Consulted (imp. & p. p.) of Consult
Consulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consult
Consult (v. i.) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Consult (v. t.) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
Consult (v. t.) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
Consult (v. t.) To deliberate upon; to take for.
Consult (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
Consult (n.) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.
Consult (n.) A council; a meeting for consultation.
Consult (n.) Agreement; concert
Consultary (a.) Formed by consultation; resulting from conference.
Consultation (n.) The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.
Consultation (n.) A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.
Consultative (a.) Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.
Consultatory (a.) Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
Consulter (n.) One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
Consulting (a.) That consults.
Consultive (a.) Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.
Consumable (a.) Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent.
Consumed (imp. & p. p.) of Consume
Consuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consume
Consume (v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
Consume (v. i.) To waste away slowly.
Consumedly (adv.) Excessively.
Consumer (n.) One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
Consumingly (adv.) In a consuming manner.
Consummate (a.) Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.
Consummated (imp. & p. p.) of Consummate
Consummating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consummate
Consummate (v. t. ) To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
Consummately (adv.) In a consummate manner; completely.
Consummation (n.) The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).
Consummative (a.) Serving to consummate; completing.
Consumption (n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
Consumption (n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.