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a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks

any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a powder

apply powder to; "She powdered her nose"; "The King wears a powdered wig"

a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks

any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a powder

The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.

To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.

To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.

To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.

To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.

Any dry substance in fine particles; dust; an explosive mixture reduced to fine particles, called gunpowder; a fine, dustlike toilet preparation; a finely-ground medicinal substance.

To reduce to, or sprinkle with, a dustlike substance.

To be reduced to very small particles; to use a face preparation called powder.

Powdery.

Powdery.

To make or become powder; put powder upon.

A collection of minute particles; especially, gunpowder.

Pulverized product of a substance.

Dust: any substance in fine particles: gunpowder: hair-powder.

To reduce to powder: to sprinkle with powder: to salt.

To crumble into powder.

Anything in small particles; gunpowder.

To sprinkle with powder; reduce to powder.

Aggregation of particles obtained by grinding or triturating a solid.

In pharmacy, a substance or combination of substances in solid, dry form such as will pass through a sieve of a certain degree of fineness; also a single dose of such powder. The U. S. Ph. recognizes five degrees of fineness of p's, designated, according to the number of meshes to the square inch, as No. 20 or coarse powder., No. 40 or moderately coarse p., No. 50 or moderately fine p., No. 60 or fine p., and No. 80 or very fine powder.

n. [English, Latin] A dry substance in minute particles ; dust ;- especially, a composition of saltpetre, sulphur, and charcoal mixed and granulated ; gunpowder ;-a perfumed dust, as pulverized starch, formerly used for dressing the hair.