A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
A bullet (projectile).
An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
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.