Term: astringency: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: luxury: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: dilatory plea: a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: chicken scratch: cramped or illegible handwriting
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: digest: a periodical that summarizes the news
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: cachet: an indication of approved or superior status
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: unseemliness: a lack of consideration for others
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: seriola: a genus of Carangidae
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: hot war: actual fighting between the warring parties
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: bengali: an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
Broader: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | Unrelated: intertrigo: chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)