14 Letter Words for Circumscribing
circumscribing
12 Letter Words for Circumscribing
circumcising
9 Letter Words for Circumscribing
imbursing, micrurgic, rubricism
8 Letter Words for Circumscribing
brimings, bruising, circinus, criminis, cruising, crumbing, curbings, curriing, imbruing, miscuing, ricinium, scribing, scrinium, scurring, smirring, smurring, succinic
7 Letter Words for Circumscribing
birring, briming, brucins, burring, cirsium, criming, crimini, crinums, cuminic, curbing, curring, cursing, grimsir, imbuing, iricism, irising, minibus, minisub, murrins, ricinic, ricinus, rubrics, rumicin, runrigs, siccing, sirring, subgrin, subring, unicism
6 Letter Words for Circumscribing
birrus, brings, brucin, bruins, buccin, burins, busing, circum, circus, cirrus, cising, cisium, cnicus, crinum, crisic, crucis, crumbs, cubics, cubing, cubism, cumins, curing, gimbri, icings, incurs, ingrum, irisin, miring, mirins, misrun, mucins, muring, murrin, musing, nimbus, ricing, ricins, rignum, riming, rising, rubins, rubric, ruings, runrig, sbirri, signum, sigrim, simurg, siring, succin, surimi, suring, uncrib, unrigs, urnism
5 Letter Words for Circumscribing
bings, birri, birrs, brigs, brims, bring, brins, bruin, brung, bungs, burgs, burin, burns, burrs, circs, cirri, cribs, crims, crius, crumb, cubic, cuing, cumic, cumin, curbs, curin, curns, currs, cursi, gibus, giris, girns, girrs, girru, grins, grubs, gurns, icing, ignis, incur, incus, inrub, irbis, iring, minbu, mings, minis, minus, mirin, mucic, mucin, muirs, mungs, munic, munis, murrs, musci, music, nimbi, nimbs, niris, numbs, numis, nurrs, ricin, rimus, rings, rubin, ruing, ruins, rungs, runic, scrim, scrin, scrub, scrum, smirr, smurr, succi, suing, ugric, umiri, unism, unrig, urbic, using, usnic
4 Letter Words for Circumscribing
bigs, bing, bins, biri, birn, birr, bmus, brig, brim, brin, bris, brum, bugs, bums, bung, buns, burg, buri, burn, burr, burs, cigs, circ, cisc, crib, cric, crig, crim, crin, cris, crub, crum, crus, cubi, cubs, cuir, cums, curb, curn, curr, curs, gibs, gins, giri, girn, girr, gism, gnus, grim, grin, gris, grub, grum, grun, grus, gubs, guib, gumi, gums, guns, gurn, gurr, gurs, ibis, icbm, imbu, incr, iris, mibs, mics, migs, ming, mini, mins, miri, mirs, misc, mugs, muir, mung, muni, muns, murr, nibs, nimb, nims, nisi, nubs, numb, nurr, nurs, ribs, rigs, rims, rimu, ring, rins, risc, rsum, rubs, rucs, rugs, ruin, rumb, rums, rung, runs, scug, scum, scun, scur, sicc, sign, simi, sing, siri, sium, smir, smug, smur, snib, snig, snub, snug, snum, snur, subg, suci, sugi, sumi, sung, suni, surg, unci, uncs, unis, urbs, uric, urim, urns
3 Letter Words for Circumscribing
big, bim, bin, bis, bmr, bns, brr, bug, bum, bun, bur, bus, cbc, ccm, cgm, cgs, cig, cir, cis, cns, crc, crs, cru, csc, csi, cub, cum, cun, cur, gib, gim, gin, gis, gns, gnu, grr, grs, gub, gui, gum, gun, gur, gus, ibm, ign, iii, imi, imu, inc, ing, ins, irs, ism, isn, mcg, mgr, mib, mic, mig, min, mir, mis, mri, mrs, msb, msg, mug, mun, mus, nbg, nib, nig, nim, nis, nub, num, nur, nus, rbi, rib, rig, rim, rin, rms, rub, ruc, rug, rum, run, sci, scr, sib, sic, sig, sim, sin, sir, sri, sub, sui, sum, sun, sur, ubc, ubi, ugs, ums, unb, unc, ung, uni, uns, urb, urn, urs
Definitions for Circumscribing
[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 Circumscribing
circumscribedelineate, encircle, bar, outline, trammel, girdle, bound, surround, hamper, restrict, define, restrain, enclose, limit, environ, confine, encompass, demarcate, prelimit
Words nearby Circumscribing
circumscribecircumocular, circumpolar, circumradius, circumrotate, circumscissile, circumscribe, circumscribed, circumscribed myxedema, circumscribed scleroderma, circumscript, circumscription
Origin of Circumscribing
e1350–1400; Middle English < Latin circumscrībere, equivalent to circum- circum- + scrībere to write
Other words from Circumscribing
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 Circumscribing
eC15: from Latin circumscrībere, from circum- + scrībere to write
Synonyms for Circumscribing
delineate, hem in, bar, bound, confine, define, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, limit, outline, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel, nail down, prelimit
