cast plaster cast plaster bandage | bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal |
court plaster | a plaster composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to dress superficial wounds |
mustard plaster sinapism | a plaster containing powdered black mustard, applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient |
plaster adhesive plaster sticking plaster | adhesive tape used in dressing wounds |
plaster plasterwork | a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling), there were cracks in the plaster |
poultice cataplasm plaster | a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. |
plaster saint | a person (considered to be) without human failings, he's no plaster saint |
vesiculation vesication blistering | the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin |
lath and plaster | a building material consisting of thin strips of wood that provide a foundation for a coat of plaster |
mustard gas mustard agent blistering agent dichloroethyl sulfide sulfur mustard | a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs, there is no known antidote |
plaster | a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water, hardens into a smooth solid, used to cover walls and ceilings |
plaster of Paris plaster | any of several gypsum cements, a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid, used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs |
poultice plaster | dress by covering with a therapeutic substance |
plaster daub | coat with plaster, daub the wall |
plaster plaster over stick on | apply a heavy coat to |
plaster | apply a plaster cast to, plaster the broken arm |
plaster | affix conspicuously, She plastered warnings all over the wall |
plaster b beplaster | cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on, The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters, She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco |
blistering hot red-hot | very fast, capable of quick response and great speed, a hot sports car, a blistering pace, got off to a hot start, in hot pursuit, a red-hot line drive |
blistering blistery | hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters, blistering sun |
b acerb acerbic acid acrid bitter blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous virulent vitriolic ba | harsh or corrosive in tone, an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose, a barrage of acid comments, her acrid remarks make her many enemies, bitter words, blistering criticism, caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics, a sulfurous denunciation, a vitriolic critique |