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OBSTRUC'TION, n. [L. obstructio.] 1. The act of obstructing. 2. Obstacle; impedi...
OBSTRUCT'ING, ppr. Blocking up; stopping; impeding; interrupting.
OBSTRUCT'ER, n. One that obstructs or hinders.
OBSTRUCT'ED, pp. 1. Blocked up; stopped; as a passage. 2. Hindered; impeded; as ...
OBSTRUCT', v.t. [L. obstruo; ob and struo, to set.] 1. To block up; to stop up o...
OBSTRIC'TION, n. [L. obstrictus, obstringo; ob and stringo, to strain.] Obligati...
OBSTREP'EROUSNESS, n. Loudness; clamor; noisy turbulence.
OBSTREP'EROUSLY, adv. Loudly; clamorously; with tumultuous noise.
OBSTREP'EROUS, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepo, to roar; ob and strepo.] Loud;...
OBSTIPA'TION, n. [L. obstipo; ob and stipo, to crowd.] 1. The act of stopping up...
OB'STINATENESS, n. Stubbornness; pertinacity in opinion or purpose; fixed determ...
OB'STINATELY, adv. Stubbornly; pertinaciously; with fixedness of purpose not to ...
OB'STINATE, a. [L. obstinatus.] 1. Stubborn; pertinaciously adhering to an opini...
OB'STINACY, n. [L. obstinatio, from obsto, to stand against, to oppose; ob and s...
OBSTET'RICS, n. The art of assisting women in parturition; midwifery.
OBSTETRI'CIAN, n. One skilled in the art of assisting women in parturition.