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  • 211,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinone — Systematic (IUPAC) name …

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  • 22Dialium indum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots …

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  • 23constipate — (v.) 1530s, in part a back formation from constipation, in part from L. constipatus, pp. of constipare (see CONSTIPATION (Cf. constipation)). Earlier as an adj. (early 15c.); an earlier verb in this sense was constipen (late 14c.). Related:… …

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  • 24binding — bind·ing || baɪndɪŋ n. front and back covering of a book; fastening, connecting; link between a communications protocol and a network adapter (Computers); fastenings on a ski to secure the boot (Sports); strip sewn along or over an edge as… …

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  • 25bindings — bind·ing || baɪndɪŋ n. front and back covering of a book; fastening, connecting; link between a communications protocol and a network adapter (Computers); fastenings on a ski to secure the boot (Sports); strip sewn along or over an edge as… …

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  • 26stegnotic — a. Astringent, constipating …

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  • 27bunghole — /ˈbʌŋhoʊl/ (say bunghohl) noun 1. a hole or orifice in a cask through which it is filled. 2. Colloquial cheese. Also, bung. {bung1 + hole; def. 2 from its constipating effect} …

  • 28constipate — /ˈkɒnstəpeɪt/ (say konstuhpayt) verb (t) (constipated, constipating) 1. to cause constipation in; make costive. 2. Obsolete to crowd or pack closely together. {Latin constīpātus, past participle, pressed together} –constipated, adjective …

  • 29astringent —   a. causing to contract: binding; styptic; tonic; constipating; n. such medicine or lotion.    ♦ astringency, n …

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  • 30constipate — [kän′stə pāt΄] vt. constipated, constipating [< L constipatus, pp. of constipare, to press or crowd together < com , together + stipare, to cram, pack: see STIFF] to cause constipation in …

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