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Strait :: Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits..

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4..

Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods..

Adstrict :: Adstrict (n.) See Astrict, and Astriction..

Stegnotic :: Stegnosis (n.) Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts..

Full-sailed :: Full-sailed (a.) Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation..

Qualification :: Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification..

Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws..

Presstriction :: Presstriction (n.) Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight..

Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

Modus :: Modus (n.) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like..

Asthma :: Asthma (n.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration..

Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar)..

Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (a.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic..

Restriction :: Restriction (n.) The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds..

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..

Angor :: Angor (n.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression..

Disjunct :: Disjunct (a.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..

Disqualify :: Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness..

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