POWDER, POWDERY
ADJECTIVES
► MULLY dusty, powdery → 1570 obs.
► PULVERESCENT tending to become powdery → 1805
► PULVERIZATE pulverized; reduced to powder → a1425 obs.
► PULVEROUS powdery, dusty → a1425
NOUNS
► DAZZLE DUST face powder → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POWDERING face powder → 1895 Amer. dial.
► PULVER powder, dust → a1425
► PULVERATION reduction to powder or dust → 1623
VERBS
► PULVER to reduce to powder; to pulverize → c1425 obs.
► PULVERATE to reduce to powder; to pulverize → 1615
► PULVERIZATE to pulverize; to reduce to powder or dust; to grind, crush, break down → 1598 obs.
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