poison pill | the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer |
suicide pill | a poison pill with potentially catastrophic implications for the company it is intended to protect |
wool fleece | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks |
pill bug | small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball |
abortion pill mifepristone RU | an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU ) developed in France, when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo |
amphetamine pep pill upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
analgesic anodyne painkiller pain pill | a medicine used to relieve pain |
diuretic drug diuretic water pill | any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water |
morning-after pill | a large dose of estrogen taken orally within to hours after intercourse, prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive, commonly used after rape or incest |
pill lozenge tablet tab | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
pill | something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size |
pill birth control pill contraceptive pill oral contraceptive pill oral contraceptive anovulatory drug anovulant | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
pill bottle | a small bottle for holding pills |
sleeping pill sleeping tablet sleeping capsule sleeping draught | a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) |
steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
wool woolen woollen | a fabric made from the hair of sheep |
pill | something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured, his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take |
multivitamin multivitamin pill | a pill or tablet containing several vitamins |
vitamin pill | a pill containing one or more vitamins, taken as a dietary supplement |
pharmacist druggist chemist apothecary pill pusher pill roller | a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs |
pill | a unpleasant or tiresome person |
pill head | a consumer of amphetamine pills |
wool stapler woolsorter | a person who sorts wool into different grades |
wool stapler | a dealer in wool |
Ravenna grass wool grass Erianthus ravennae | grass often cultivated for its long whiteibbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass |
wool grass Scirpus cyperinus | sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets |
mineral wool rock wool | a light fibrous material used as an insulator |
steel wool wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
lanolin wool fat wool grease | a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool, a mixture of fatty acids and esters, used in some ointments and cosmetics |
glass wool | glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool |
cotton cotton fiber cotton wool | soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state |
Shetland wool | a wool obtained from sheep of the Shetland islands |
wool | fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving |
raw wool | wool in its natural condition, not refined or processed |
virgin wool | wool not used before, wool not processed or woven before |
wool oil | any oil used to oil wool before spinning |
zinc oxide flowers of zinc philosopher's wool philosophers' wool | oxide of zinc, a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment |
bamboozle snow hoodwink pull the wool over someone's eyes lead by the nose play false | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end, He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well |
long-wool long-wooled | (of sheep) having relatively long wool |