About The Word Pill
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Pill
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What's The Definition Of Pill?
[n] a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
[n] something that resembles a pill in shape or size [n] a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception Synonyms | Synonyms for Pill: anovulant | anovulatory drug | birth control pill | contraceptive pill | lozenge | oral contraceptive | oral contraceptive pill | tablet Related Terms | Find terms related to Pill: bag | bastard | birth control device | bolus | bore | bugger | butt | buttonholer | capsule | condom | contraceptive | contraceptive foam | cough drop | crank | crashing bore | creep | cure | diaphragm | drag | drip | drug | dryasdust | dusty | fag | fart | flat tire | frightful bore | headache | heel | hood | hooligan | humdrum | intrauterine device | IUD | jerk | louse | lozenge | meanie | medicament | medication | medicine | mother | nuisance | oral contraceptive | pastille | pellet | pessary | pest | pharmaceutical | prophylactic | proser | rat | remedy | rubber | shit | shithead | shitheel | skin | smoke | SOB | spermicidal jelly | spermicide | stinkard | stinker | tablet | the pill | troche | turd | twaddler | wet blanket See Also | birth control device | bolus | capsule | contraceptive | contraceptive device | Demulen | dose | dragee | Enovid | Lipo-Lutin | Lo/Ovral | Loestrin | Micronor | Modicon | Norinyl | Norlestrin | Nor-Q-D | Ovocon | Ovral | Ovrette | Ovulen | preventative | preventive | progesterone | prophylactic device | sleeping capsule | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | sleeping tablet | thing | vitamin pill Pill In Webster's Dictionary \Pill\, n. [Cf. {Peel} skin, or {Pillion}.]
The peel or skin. [Obs.] ``Some be covered over with crusts,
or hard pills, as the locusts.'' --Holland.
\Pill\, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. \Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E. pill, n. (above).] 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.] 2. To peel; to make by removing the skin. [Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods. --Gen. xxx. 37. \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. {Peel} to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser. Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill and to rob. --Sir T. Malroy. \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. {Piles}.] 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole. 2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured. |
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