Index of English words, starting with "co"

(1) - Constrict (v. t.) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

(1) - Constriction (n.) The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
(2) - Constriction (n.) The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

(1) - Constrictive (a.) Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

(1) - Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
(2) - Constrictor (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
(3) - Constrictor (n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

(1) - Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.