Chin cough () Whooping cough. |
Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner. |
Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing |
Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing |
Cough (v. i.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc. |
Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease. |
Drop (n.) The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass |
Drop (n.) That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop |
Drop (n.) Same as Gutta. |
Drop (n.) Any small pendent ornament. |
Drop (n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position |
Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward |
Drop (n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. |
Drop (n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. |
Drop (n.) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. |
Drop (n.) A drop press or drop hammer. |
Drop (n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. |
Drop (n.) Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops |
Drop (n.) The depth of a square sail |
Drop (n.) Act of dropping |
Drop (n.) To pour or let fall in drops |
Drop (n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop |
Drop (n.) To let go |
Drop (n.) To bestow or communicate by a suggestion |
Drop (n.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc. |
Drop (n.) To send, as a letter |
Drop (n.) To give birth to |
Drop (n.) To cover with drops |
Drop (v. i.) To fall in drops. |
Drop (v. i.) To fall, in general, literally or figuratively |
Drop (v. i.) To let drops fall |
Drop (v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death. |
Drop (v. i.) To come to an end |
Drop (v. i.) To come unexpectedly |
Drop (v. i.) To fall or be depressed |
Drop (v. i.) To fall short of a mark. |
Drop (v. i.) To be deep in extent |
Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil. |
Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men. |
Lozenge (n.) A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles |
Lozenge (n.) Anything in the form of lozenge. |
Lozenge (n.) A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge. |
Lozenge-shaped (a.) Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb. |
Pastille (n.) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room. |
Pastille (n.) An aromatic or medicated lozenge |
Pastille (n.) See Pastel, a crayon. |
Pectoral (a.) Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest |
Pectoral (a.) Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs |
Pectoral (a.) Having the breast conspicuously colored |
Pectoral (n.) A covering or protecting for the breast. |
drop | the act of dropping something, they expected the drop would be successful |
drop shot dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net |
eyedrop eye-drop | a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists |
pectoral sandpiper jacksnipe Calidris melanotos | American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting |
pectoral fin | either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement |
centerboard centreboard drop keel sliding keel | a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
drop | a central depository where things can be left or picked up |
drop arch | a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span |
drop cloth | a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted |
drop curtain drop cloth drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
drop forge drop hammer drop press | device for making large forgings |
drop-leaf | a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket |
drop-leaf table | a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface |
pectoral pectoral medallion | an adornment worn on the chest or breast |
pendant earring drop earring eardrop | an earring with a pendant ornament |
pill lozenge tablet tab | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
voltage drop | a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing |
drop dip fall free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
pectoral vein vena pectoralis | veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein |
pectoral pectoral muscle pectoralis musculus pectoralis pecs | either of two large muscles of the chest |
pectoralis major musculus pectoralis major greater pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm |
pectoralis minor musculus pectoralis minor smaller pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs |
pectoral girdle | a skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached |
shoulder girdle pectoral arch | the bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans |
dropline drop line stepped line stagger head staggered head stephead | a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right |
drop-down menu | a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it |
decrease lessening drop-off | a change downward, there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided, there was a sharp drop-off in sales |
drop fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity, it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height |
lemon drop | a hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon |
peppermint patty | a patty flavored with peppermint |
peppermint peppermint candy | a candy flavored with peppermint oil |
lozenge | a small aromatic or medicated candy |
cough drop troche pastille pastil | a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat |
ice lolly lolly lollipop popsicle | ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick, in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly |
drop scone griddlecake Scotch pancake | a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle |
drop biscuit | biscuit made from dough with enough milk that it can be dropped from a spoon |
peppermint oil | oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring |
drop | a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) |
dead drop | a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information, a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time |
drop zone dropping zone | an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops |
cliff drop drop-off | a steep high face of rock, he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town, a steep drop |
electric potential potential potential difference potential drop voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
dropseed drop-seed | a grass of the genus Sporobolus |
red gum peppermint peppermint gum Eucalyptus amygdalina | red gum tree of Tasmania |
peppermint Mentha piperita | herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring |
drop-off charge | a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented |
boodle bread cabbage clams dinero dough gelt kale lettuce lolly lucre loot moolah pelf scratch shekels simoleons sugar wampum | informal terms for money |
slump slack drop-off falloff falling off | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality, the team went into a slump, a gradual slack in output, a drop-off in attendance, a falloff in quality |
drop drib driblet | a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid), he had a drop too much to drink, a drop of each sample was analyzed, there is not a drop of pity in that man, years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet--Kipling |
eyedrop eye-drop | a drop from an eye dropper |