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powder
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pow·der (poudr)
n.
1. A dry mass of pulverized or finely dispersed solid particles.
2. Any of various medicinal or cosmetic preparations in the form of powder.
3. A single dose of a powdered drug.

powder,
the dried product of an extraction process in which the herb is first mixed with a solvent such as alcohol or water and is distille. Then, the solvent is removed completely. The dry solid that remains either is already in powder form or may be ground into it.

powder,
n in homeopathy, a dosage form, often lactose, that has had a small amount of homeopathic remedy poured on it. This powder can then be consumed by the patient.

powder
an aggregation of particles obtained by grinding or triturating a solid.

dusting powder
a fine powder used as a talc substitute.
glove powder
sterile and special grind for powdering surgical gloves.

powder
Drug slang A pulverized abuse substance–eg, heroin, amphetamine, cocaine Vox populi A pulverized material. See Antler velvet powder, Dover's powder, Fluticasone propionate inhalation powder, Inheritance powder, James Fever powder, Talcum powder.


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The whine of bullets, the unearthly shrieks of missiles streaking through the air, the sky painted red with garish fire of an unknown origin, the sharp odor of cordite, dust, heat--every sense was assaulted at once, and the synapses of my jet-lagged brain jolted awake, locked, froze, refused to comprehend.
Each cadet had hands-on training, setting fuzes, transporting rounds and smelling cordite after the Paladins fired 155-mm high-explosive M107 rounds.
Those were a couple of smoking guns, but once again Attorney General Janet Reno doesn't seem able to recognize the odor of cordite.
 
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