water pill
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water pill — noun any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water • Syn: ↑diuretic drug, ↑diuretic • Hypernyms: ↑drug • Hyponyms: ↑chlorthalidone, ↑Hygroton, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
water pill — wa′ter pill n. cvb pha inf a diuretic pill … From formal English to slang
water pill — noun Date: circa 1981 a diuretic pill … New Collegiate Dictionary
water pill — Informal. a diuretic pill. * * * … Universalium
water pill — noun A diuretic in pill form … Wiktionary
pill — [ pıl ] noun count * a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water: sleeping/contraceptive/vitamin pills take a pill: Did you remember to take your pills this morning? pill for: The doctor prescribed some pills for the pain. a. the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Pill millipede — Pill millipedes Glomeris marginata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Water-fuelled car — A water fuelled car is an automobile that is claimed to use water as its fuel or produces fuel from water onboard, with no other energy input. Water fuelled cars have been mentioned in newspapers, popular science magazines, local news coverage,… … Wikipedia
pill */ — UK [pɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms pill : singular pill plural pills a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water sleeping/contraceptive/vitamin pills pill for: The doctor gave me some pills for the pain. take a pill: Did… … English dictionary
pill — 01. Hilary was quite surprised to discover her 17 year old daughter is on the [pill]. 02. She is quite ill, and has about five different [pills] she has to take every day. 03. After taking sleeping [pills] for a few months, she found she could no … Grammatical examples in English
