comprising

fe’l verb

1. To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). The parts are comprised by the whole.
2. To contain or embrace. Our committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members.
3. (sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose, to constitute. See usage note below. A team is comprised of its members.
4. To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose, which is "closed" and limits to the items listed.)