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Showing words for CIRCUMSCRIBE using the English dictionary

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