Thesaurus / astringency
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Skin medium to thin, somewhat tender, contains a small amount of light red pigment and some astringency.
THE GRAPES OF NEW YORKU. P. HEDRICKSkin sprinkled with reddish-brown dots, thin, tender, without astringency.
THE GRAPES OF NEW YORKU. P. HEDRICKThe doubtful credit of any wiser person might produce the same astringency, said the advocate, slyly.
THE ENTAILJOHN GALTIts taste is saltish, with a degree of roughness and astringency.
ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CHYMISTRY, 5TH ED.PIERRE JOSEPH MACQUERAlmost all have more or less astringency in the after-taste.
THE PEARS OF NEW YORKU. P. HEDRICKAustere refers to a flavor more or less sour with some astringency.
THE PEARS OF NEW YORKU. P. HEDRICKThe hard, snarly astringency of his character had grown sweet and mild.
POGANUC PEOPLEHARRIET BEECHER STOWEIts astringency is due to the presence of tannic and gallic acids.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYThe name is due to the astringency of the half ripe fruit which can scarcely be eaten.
AMERICAN FOREST TREESHENRY H. GIBSONOn account of its astringency it has been used in dysentery, hemorrhage, and other conditions requiring an astringent substance.
BIRDS AND ALL NATURE VOL VII, NO. 1, JANUARY 1900VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO ASTRINGENCY
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- dryness
- eschewal
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- golden mean
- happy medium
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- reasonableness
- refrainment
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-deprivation
- self-discipline
- sobriety
- stoicism
- teetotalism
- uninebriation
- unintoxication
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- dryness
- eschewal
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- golden mean
- happy medium
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- reasonableness
- refrainment
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-deprivation
- self-discipline
- soberness
- sobriety
- stoicism
- uninebriation
- unintoxication
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- eschewal
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- golden mean
- happy medium
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- reasonableness
- refrainment
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-deprivation
- self-discipline
- soberness
- sobriety
- stoicism
- teetotalism
- uninebriation
- unintoxication
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