A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.
A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms.
Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity.
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
A bullet (projectile).
An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
A comical or entertaining person.
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.
Hyponyms: tablet, caplet, capsule, lozenge
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).
Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
To peel; to make by removing the skin.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
To medicate with pills.
Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
To form into the shape of a pill.
To persuade or convince someone of something.