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▸ noun: (strictly) Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
▸ noun: (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
▸ noun: Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
▸ noun: (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
▸ noun: (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
▸ noun: (textile) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.
▸ noun: (baseball slang) A baseball.
▸ noun: (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
▸ noun: (graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
▸ verb: (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
▸ verb: To form into the shape of a pill.
▸ verb: (transitive) To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
▸ verb: (transitive, Internet slang) To persuade or convince someone of something.
▸ verb: (transitive, UK, slang, dated) To blackball (a potential club member).
▸ verb: (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
▸ verb: To peel; to make by removing the skin.
▸ verb: To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The peel or skin.
▸ noun: (now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
▸ noun: A village in Pill and Easton-in-Gordano parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5275).
▸ noun: A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
lozenge,
tablet,
anovulatory drug,
birth control pill,
contraceptive pill,
oral contraceptive,
Oral contraceptive pill,
pill to swallow,
pillbox,
pill-box,
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Types:
antibiotic,
antidepressant,
analgesic,
anti-inflammatory,
statins,
ACE inhibitors,
beta blockers,
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