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Sub- :: Sub- () A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-)..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7..

Apocrustic :: Apocrustic (a.) Astringent and repellent.

Adstringent :: Adstringent (a.) See Astringent.

Styptic :: Styphnic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts..

Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit..

Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth..

Logwood :: Logwood (n.) The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood..

Stub :: Stryphnic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste..

Restrictive :: Restrictive (a.) Astringent or styptic in effect.

Austere :: Austere () Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine..

Port :: Port (n.) A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

Stringer :: Stringent (a.) Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules..

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)..

Matico :: Matico (n.) A Peruvian plant (Piper, / Artanthe, elongatum), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent..

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers..

Kino :: Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine..

Restringent :: Restringent (a.) Restringing; astringent; styptic.

Bhang :: Bhang (n.) An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh..

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