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Definition: Constricted |
ConstrictedAdjective1. (phonetics) especially tense; especially in some dialects. 2. Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life". 3. Inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "constricted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Science | Of lobes, of varying width. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: unconstricted (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Constricted |
| English words defined with "constricted": astringe ♦ Cell division, cramped ♦ fricative ♦ Horner's syndrome ♦ loment, loose ♦ Moniliform ♦ Paraphimosis, point source ♦ sibilant, spirant, stenosed, stenotic, strangulate, Strangulated, Striction ♦ tight, tightly, torulose ♦ unconstricted. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "constricted": bifusiform, Brinton's disease ♦ Constriction, Pathologic ♦ Femoral Neck Fractures ♦ gunning the pits ♦ leather-bottle stomach, linitis, linitis plastica ♦ munchkin ♦ pinned pupil ♦ reflection wave ♦ spark discharge. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "constricted": Constrict. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The earliest visible stage of HIV replication occurs when viral proteins accumulate under the cell membrane in a process called budding (a). In the next stage a crescent shaped early bud has constricted, forming a membrane-encapsulated sphere, with the dense center called a viral nucleoid (b). As the constricting process continues, the virus pinches off and becomes free extracellular infectious virus (c). At this stage, the dark circular mucleoid condenses into a bar; this morphologic feature is used to discriminate HIV-I from HTLV-II and HTLV-III. See artwork: GR-31. Credit: Dr. Matthew Gonda (photographer). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Physical effects of cocaine use include constricted peripheral blood vessels, dilated pupils, and increased temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. (references) | |
The degree of avoidance may vary from mild to moderate or, at the extreme, to a constricted lifestyle imposed by severe avoidance, resulting in the individual's being nearly or completely housebound or otherwise severely dysfunctional. (references) | ||
Business | Despite the tremendous increase in demand, Turkey's construction sector constricted by 12.7 percent in 1999. After the earthquakes, the government temporarily stopped granting construction licenses (Law No. 595 on Building Regulations) in order to ensure the appropriate regulations were in place to prevent such widespread destruction as seen in August and November of 1999, largely due to faulty construction. (references) | |
Economic History | Guyana | This may be due to the Public Utilities Commission's mandating much lower than expected subscriber rates, which have substantially constricted the telephone company's revenue stream. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Constricted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 37.31% of the time. "Constricted" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 37.31% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 35.82% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 26.87% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "constricted": studio-constricted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
constricted pupil | 4 |
constricted ptosis pupil | 2 |
bladder constricted gall | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "constricted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "缩 (Contracted, Contracting, contraction, Necked, retraction, shrinkage, shrinking, shrunk, shrunken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | plasmasvejsning (constricted arc welding, plasma arc welding), plasmastraaleskaering (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), plasmabueskaering (constricted arc cutting, plasma arc cutting, transferred constricted arc cutting), indsnaevret lysbue (constricted arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | plasmasnijden met indirecte boog (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), plasmasnijden met directe boog (constricted arc cutting, plasma arc cutting, transferred constricted arc cutting), plasmasnijbranden met indirecte boog (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), plasmasnijbranden met directe boog (constricted arc cutting, plasma arc cutting, transferred constricted arc cutting), plasma-oplassen (constricted arc welding, plasma arc welding), boog (arc, arch, bow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | plasmasuihkuleikkaus (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | resserrés, resserrées, resserré, resserrèrent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zusammengezogen (contracted), engte ein. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοπή με δέσμη πλάσματος (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), συγκεντρωμένο τόξο (constricted arc), εστιασμένο τόξο (constricted arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מכווץ (contracted, cramped, shrunken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kizáródásos sérv (constricted hernia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | taglio con plasma ad arco indiretto (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), taglio con plasma ad arco diretto (constricted arc cutting, plasma arc cutting, transferred constricted arc cutting), taglio as arco-plasmo con arco diretto (constricted arc cutting, plasma arc cutting, transferred constricted arc cutting), taglio ad arco-plasma con arco indiretto (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), strozzatura (bottleneck, narrowing, waist), strettoia (bottleneck, narrow, tricky), saldatura a plasma (constricted arc welding, plasma arc welding), restringimento (constriction, shrinkage), arco focalizzato (constricted arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 絞まる (to be constricted, to be strangled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しまる (to be closed, to be constricted, to be locked, to be shut, to be strangled, to become sober, to close). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keylit (choked, slenderized, thinned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onstrictedcay corte por jacto de plasma e arco transferido (constricted arc cutting, plasma arc cutting, transferred constricted arc cutting), corte por jacto de plasma constrangido (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), arco voltaico focalizado (constricted arc). (various references) corte con llama de plasma (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting), corte con chorro de plasmo y arco transferido (constricted arc cutting, plasma arc cutting, transferred constricted arc cutting), vertedero rectangular con contracción lateral (rectangular constricted weir), arco focalizado (constricted arc). (various references) rektangulärt skibord med sidokontraktion (rectangular constricted weir), plasmastrålskärning (non transferred constricted arc cutting, plasma flame cutting, plasma jet cutting). (various references) sıkışık (congested, cramped, crowded, dense, hard pressed, jammed, pressed, serried), kıt (close, droughty, exiguous, few, lean, limited, meager, meagre, penurious, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, short, skimp, skimpy, stingy), kısıtlı (limited, narrow, penurious, qualified, restricted, scant, scanty, stinted, Strait), dar (acute, clinging, close fitting, close-bodied, exiguous, narrow, narrowly, parochial, poky, restrained, snug, Strait, stringent, tight). (various references) cằn cỗi (infecund, infertile, sterile), thiển cận thui chột, hẹp hòi nông cạn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adstrictos, adstrictus, angustus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "constricted": unconstricted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "constricted" (pronounced kunstri"ktud) |
| 8 | -s t r i" k t u d | restricted, unrestricted. |
| 5 | -i" k t u d | addicted, afflicted, conflicted, contradicted, convicted, depicted, evicted, inflicted, predicted, uncontradicted. |
| 4 | -k t u d | abducted, abstracted, acted, affected, attracted, collected, compacted, concocted, conducted, connected, constructed, contacted, contracted, corrected, counteracted, deducted, defected, deflected, dejected, destructed, detected, detracted, directed, disaffected, disconnected, disrespected, dissected, distracted, effected, ejected, elected, enacted, erected, exacted, expected, extracted, impacted, inducted, infected, inflected, injected, inspected, instructed, interacted, interconnected, interdicted, interjected, intersected, misdirected, neglected, objected, obstructed, overacted, overreacted, perfected, projected, protected, protracted, reacted, recollected, reconnected, reconstructed, redacted, redirected, reelected, reenacted, reflected, rejected, respected, resurrected, retracted, selected, subcontracted, subjected, subtracted, suspected, transacted, transected, unaffected, uncollected, unconnected, uncorrected, undetected, unelected, unexpected, uninfected, unobstructed, unprotected, unreconstructed, unsuspected. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, activated, adapted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, confiscated, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, consulted, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, defaulted, defeated, deflated, degenerated, dehydrated, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, deteriorated, detested, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, disappointed, disassociated, discontented, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrupted, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, elaborated, elated, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, infatuated, infested, infiltrated, inflated, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, instigated, instituted, insulated, insulted, integrated, intercepted, interested, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, obligated, obliterated, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protested, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, reconstituted, recounted, recreated, recruited, redecorated, redistributed, redrafted, reevaluated, refitted, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, restarted, restated, rested, resubmitted, resulted, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unpainted, unprecedented, unrated, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: concretist, disconcert. | |
-2 letters: centroids, codirects, constrict, cornetist, doctrines, occidents, tectonics. | |
-3 letters: centrist, centroid, citterns, codirect, cointers, conceits, concerti, concerts, conciser, consider, contrite, cordites, corniced, cornices, corniest, cortices, cottiers, croceins, doctrine, intorted, necrotic, noticers, occident, snottier, stenotic, strident, strontic, tectonic, tenorist, tonetics, tridents, tritones. | |
-4 letters: centric, cerotic, cestoid, ciceros, cinders, cistern, cistron, citrons, cittern, codeins. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: unconstricted. | |
+3 letters: accreditations, deconstructing, deconstruction, deconstructive, decortications, disconcertment, reductionistic. | |
+4 letters: contradictories, contraindicates, deconstructions, disconcertments. | |
+5 letters: decertifications, deconcentrations, reaccreditations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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