A powder used to polish silverware, especially silver plate / A powder used as a denture fixative, for holding a false teeth plate in position.

A parasitic fungus, Asterophora lycoperdoides, that lives on other mushrooms.

plural of powder cap

(archaic) a tub in which the meat was powdered or salted; a salting tub, pickling tub or powdering trough. / (obsolete) A heated tub for the treatment of venereal disease by sweating.

(medicine, archaic) A powder consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts calcium phosphate, once falsely claimed to have medical benefits.

plural of powder puff

A ball or pad of soft material used for the application of cosmetic powder to the face.

A tool, usually made from an animal's horn, used to load gunpowder into a gun or cannon.

(US) Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot.

(medicine, dated) A powder of ipecac and opium formerly used to treat colds and fevers.