STRICTURE
Scrabble letter values: S1T1R1I1C3T1U1R1E1 = 11
Definition
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway. — synonyms: stenosis
- noun severe criticism.
Examples
- “For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow.”
- “I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.”