12 Letter Words for Circumscribe
circumscribe
11 Letter Words for Circumscribe
circumciser
10 Letter Words for Circumscribe
circumcise
9 Letter Words for Circumscribe
rubricism
8 Letter Words for Circumscribe
crumbers, crumbier, imbrices, mercuric, scrimure, uricemic
7 Letter Words for Circumscribe
biccies, birsier, brisure, bruiser, buriers, ceriums, cimices, cimiers, cirsium, cruiser, cruisie, crumber, cumbers, curbers, curries, erbiums, ericius, imbrier, imbrues, imburse, murices, murries, rescrub, ribiers, risberm, rubrics, scriber, scrimer, scumber, suberic, sucrier
6 Letter Words for Circumscribe
bersim, birrus, bismer, briers, brimse, bruise, brumes, burier, buries, busier, cecums, cercis, cercus, cerium, cerris, cesium, cimier, circue, circum, circus, cirrus, cisium, criers, crimes, crisic, cruces, crucis, cruise, crumbs, crusie, cubers, cubics, cubism, cuirie, cumber, cumbre, cumecs, curber, curers, curies, currie, curser, erbium, erucic, iberis, imbrue, imbues, mirier, miscue, murres, recumb, recurs, ribier, ricers, ricier, rimers, rimier, rubier, rubies, rubric, sbirri, scribe, scrime, surimi, umbers, umbres, uremic
5 Letter Words for Circumscribe
berms, berri, bices, biers, birri, birrs, birse, bisie, bisme, breis, brers, brier, bries, brims, brise, bruce, brume, burrs, burse, cebur, cebus, cecum, cerci, ceric, cicer, circe, circs, cires, cirri, cresc, cribs, crier, cries, crime, crims, crise, crius, cruce, crues, crumb, cruse, cuber, cubes, cubic, cumec, cumic, curbs, curer, cures, curie, currs, curse, cursi, cusec, cusie, ecrus, embus, emirs, erics, erubs, icers, icier, imber, imbue, irbis, merci, mercs, meris, mesic, mires, misce, miser, mucic, muirs, mures, murre, murrs, musci, muser, music, musie, rebus, recur, remus, rerub, ribes, ricer, rices, riems, rimer, rimes, rimus, riser, rubes, ruers, rumes, scrim, scrub, scrum, sebum, semic, seric, serum, sicer, sieur, smirr, smurr, suber, succi, sucre, sumer, surer, umber, umbre, umiri, urbic, ureic
4 Letter Words for Circumscribe
berm, bice, bier, biri, birr, bmus, brei, brer, brie, brim, bris, brum, bums, bure, buri, burr, burs, cebu, circ, cire, cisc, cres, crib, cric, crim, cris, crub, crue, crum, crus, cube, cubi, cubs, cues, cuir, cums, curb, cure, curr, curs, eccm, ecru, ecus, emic, emir, emus, eric, eris, errs, erub, eruc, ibis, icbm, icer, ices, imbe, imbu, ires, iris, iure, merc, meri, meus, mibs, mice, mics, mire, miri, mirs, misc, msec, muir, mure, murr, muse, rebs, recs, reim, rems, ribe, ribs, rice, riem, rier, ries, rime, rims, rimu, risc, rise, rsum, rube, rubs, rucs, ruer, rues, rumb, rume, rums, ruse, scum, scur, seir, semi, serb, serr, sicc, sice, sier, sime, simi, sire, siri, sium, smir, smur, suci, suer, sumi, sure, urbs, ures, uric, urim, user
3 Letter Words for Circumscribe
bec, ber, bes, bim, bis, bmr, brr, bum, bur, bus, cbc, ccm, cer, cie, cir, cis, crc, crs, cru, csc, csi, cub, cue, cum, cur, ebs, ecb, ecc, ecm, ecu, eir, ems, emu, err, ers, esc, esm, esr, esu, ibm, ice, imi, imu, ire, irs, ise, ism, mei, mer, mes, meu, mib, mic, mir, mis, mri, mrs, msb, mus, rbi, reb, rec, rei, rem, res, rib, rie, rim, rms, rub, ruc, rue, rum, sbe, sci, scr, sec, sei, sem, ser, sib, sic, sie, sim, sir, sri, sub, sue, sui, sum, sur, ubc, ubi, ume, ums, urb, ure, urs, use
Definitions for Circumscribe
[1] to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
[2] to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.
[3] to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science.
[4] Geometry . to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. (of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.
[5] to restrict within limits
[6] to mark or set the bounds of
[7] to draw a geometric construction around (another construction) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Compare inscribe (def. 4)
[8] to draw a line round
Words related to Circumscribe
delineate, encircle, bar, outline, trammel, girdle, bound, surround, hamper, restrict, define, restrain, enclose, limit, environ, confine, encompass, demarcate, prelimit
Words nearby Circumscribe
circumocular, circumpolar, circumradius, circumrotate, circumscissile, circumscribe, circumscribed, circumscribed myxedema, circumscribed scleroderma, circumscript, circumscription
Origin of Circumscribe
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin circumscrībere, equivalent to circum- circum- + scrībere to write
Other words from Circumscribe
cir·cum·scrib·a·ble , adjective
cir·cum·scrib·er , noun
non·cir·cum·scribed , adjective
un·cir·cum·scrib·a·ble , adjective
un·cir·cum·scribed , adjective
Word origin for Circumscribe
C15: from Latin circumscrībere, from circum- + scrībere to write
Synonyms for Circumscribe
delineate, hem in, bar, bound, confine, define, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, limit, outline, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel, nail down, prelimit
