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Look up: pill

  1. pill
    [n] - a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception 2. [n] - something that resembles a pill in shape or size 3. [n] - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. pill
    a gelled viscous fluid
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. Pill
    Pill: In pharmacy, a medicinal substance in a small round or oval mass meant to be swallowed. Pills often contain a filler and a plastic substance such as lactose that permits the pill to be rolled by hand or machine into the desired form. The pill may then be coated with a varnishlike substance. Th...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. Pill
    Pill noun [ Confer Peel skin, or Pillion .] The peel or skin. [ Obsolete] 'Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills , as the locusts.' Holland.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/88

  5. Pill
    Pill intransitive verb To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/88

  6. Pill
    Pill transitive verb [ Confer Latin pilare to deprive of hair, and English pill , noun (above).] 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [ Obsolete] 2. To peel; to make by removing the skin. « [ Jacob] pilled whi...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/88

  7. Pill
    Pill transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Pilled ; present participle & verbal noun Pilling .] [ French piller , Latin pilare ; confer Italian pigliare ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/88

  8. Pill
    Pill noun [ French pilute , Latin pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of Latin pila a ball. Confer Piles .] 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole. 2. Figurativel...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/88

  9. pill
    The peel or skin. 'Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts.' ... Origin: Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion. ... 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. ... 2. To peel; to make by removing the skin. '[Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . In the rods.' (Gen. Xxx. 37) ... Origin: Cf. L. Pilar...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. pill
    lozenge noun a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. pill
    noun something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; `his competitor`s success was a bitter pill to take`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. pill
    noun a unpleasant or tiresome person
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. pill
    contraceptive pill noun a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. pill
    (pil) tablet. morning-after pill popular name for an emergency postcoital contraceptive containing a high dose of the hormones usually found in an oral contraceptive, either an estrogen plus a progestational agent, or the latter alone; used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercour...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  15. Pill
    • (v. i.) To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. • (v. t.) To deprive of hair; to make bald. • (n.) The peel or skin. • (n.) Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured. • (v. t. & i.) To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to pl...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. pill
    (from the article `pharmaceutical industry`) Tablets are traditionally referred to as pills. Prior to the widespread use of the machine-compressed tablet, pills were very popular products that ... While it may seem obvious today, it was not always clearly understood that medications must be delivered to the diseased tissue in order to b...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/68

  17. Pill
    Pill is slang for to blackball.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. Pill
    Pill is slang for to blackball.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. pill
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pil Definitions: 1. A small globular mass of some coherent, but soluble, substance containing a medicinal substance to be swallowed. 2. The Pill; a colloquial term for oral contraceptives.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  20. pill
    Nickname for the ball.
    Found on http://www.aviemoregolf.com/p.html

  21. Pill
    a nickname for a rugby ball
    Found on http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/pag

  22. Pill
    (pharmacy) A `pill` is a small, round, solid pharmacological oral dosage form that was in use before the advent of tablets and capsules. Pills were made by mixing the active ingredients with an excipient such as glucose syrup in a mortar and pestle to form a paste, then rolling the mass into ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill

  23. Pill
    (rapper) `Tyrone Rivers`, better known by his stage name `Pill`, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Career: In early 2009 Pill`s first mixtape 4180: The Prescription and his first single "Trap Goin` Ham" was released.<ref name=XXL2 /> Pill was featured in The Sou...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill



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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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