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11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
noun the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
originEtymology tree English astringent English -cy English astringency From astringent + -cy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- stringency 16
- transiency 15
- encysting 15
- ancientry 14
- insectary 14
- ensigncy 14
- regnancy 14
- synergic 14
- syngenic 14
- tangency 14
- transgenic 13
- estraying 13