constipatingadj.
/ˈkɒnstɪpeɪtɪŋ/ That constipates.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [adjective]
bindingc1384
restraininga1398
straininga1398
constraining1398
strictivea1400
stypticc1400
restrictive?a1425
styptical1528
astringent?1541
constrictive1541
restringitive1559
astrictive1562
restringing1562
restringent1565
constringent1603
astrictory1620
styptive1640
constipating1658
stegnotic1674
staltic1748
constringing1757
apocrustic1853
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > becoming or making dense or solid > by compaction or compression
constipating1735
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > constipated > causing
stoppinga1398
oppilative?a1425
costive1528
incostive1570
constipating1860
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iv. iv. 324 Liquor of Vitriol by its constipating vertue draweth things together.
1735 H. Brooke Universal Beauty ii. 197 Suspending fogs..Obstructed drench the constipating hill.
1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 24 If eaten alone [it] is..very constipating.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1658- to be sent
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- to bide out
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- to bide upon
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- to biff one
- to big boorachs
- to big sandy boorachs
- to bill and coo
- to bind an end
- to bind hand and foot
- to bind one over to his good behaviour
- to bind one to his good behaviour
- to bind over
- to bind over to appear
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- to bind up
- to bird off
- to bishop it
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- to bite a board-nail off
- to bite a boardnail in two
- to bite a boardnail off
- to bite a person's nose off