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Constituting
- verb - create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
- form or compose;
- set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
- to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
Constitution
- noun - a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
- law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
- the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
- the way in which someone or something is composed
Constitutive
- adjective - constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
Constraining
- verb - hold back
- restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
- restricting the scope or freedom of action
Constricting
- verb - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
- squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
Constriction
- noun - a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"
- the action or process of compressing
- tight or narrow compression
Constrictive
- adjective - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- restricting the scope or freedom of action
Constrictors
- noun - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
Constringent
- - Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
Constringing
- verb - become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"