shining
polishing | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it, the shining of shoes provided a meager living, every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing |
powder-post termite
Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
araroba
Goa powder
chrysarobin | a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases |
aspirin powder
headache powder | a powdered form of aspirin |
| baby powder | powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing |
compact
powder compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror, to be carried in a woman's purse |
| Dover's powder | a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium, formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration |
| face powder | cosmetic powder for the face |
grinding wheel
emery wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding |
ladies' room
powder room | a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building |
magazine powder store
powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
| powder | any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder |
| powder and shot | ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets |
powder horn
powder flask | container for carrying gunpowder, made of the hollow horn of an animal |
| powder keg | keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder |
soap powder
built-soap powder
washing powder | soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders |
talcum
talcum powder | a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented, absorbs excess moisture |
toilet powder
bath powder
dusting powder | a fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing) |
tooth powder
toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
| powder blue | a pale blue color with grey in it |
| powder metallurgy | the metallurgy of powdered metals, how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering |
| grinding | a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) |
carob
carob powder
Saint-John's-bread | powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree, used as a chocolate substitute |
| cocoa powder | the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed, used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream |
| baking-powder biscuit | leavened with baking powder |
| five spice powder | Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon |
| chili powder | powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano |
| curry powder | pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices |
powdered milk
dry milk
dried milk
milk powder | dehydrated milk |
| grinding | material resulting from the process of grinding, vegetable grindings clogged the drain |
| powder monkey | someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) |
grinding
abrasion
attrition
detrition | the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice |
powder photography
powder method
powder technique | a process for identifying minerals or crystals, a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified Xays, the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification |
| powder keg | a potentially explosive state |
| baking powder | any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast |
bleaching powder
chlorinated lime
chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and
or disinfect |
insecticide
insect powder | a chemical used to kill insects |
powder
pulverization
pulverisation | a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles, a solid that has been pulverized |
Seidlitz powder
Seidlitz powders
Rochelle powder | an effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid, used as a cathartic |
gunpowder
powder | a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a :: ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks |
smokeless powder
Ballistite | an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke, contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant |
| powder | apply powder to, She powdered her nose, The King wears a powdered wig |
powderize
powderise
powder
pulverize
pulverise | make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust, pulverize the grains |
skip town
take a powder | disappear without notifying anyone (idiom) |
powder blue
powdery-blue | of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue |
| powder-puff | used of competitive activities in which only women take part, powder-puff baseball, a powder-puff football game |