Crossword clues for talcum
talcum
- Cosmetic item
- Dusting powder
- Post-bath powder
- Kind of powder
- Type of powder
- __ powder
- Tailor's chalk, typically
- Substance in the Nash poem "Reflection on Babies"
- Scented toilet powder
- Powder-puff powder
- Nash's "always walcum" stuff
- Friction-reducing substance
- Dry stuff in the bathroom
- Bathroom dusting
- ___ powder (substance sometimes put on babies' bottoms)
- Soft powder
- Bathroom powder
- Soft rock
- Powder used to combat moisture
- A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented
- Absorbs excess moisture
- Powder type
- Mineral corporation securing aluminium contract initially
- Powder used on the body
- Skin soother
- After-bath powder
- Bath powder
- Baby powder
- Perfumed powder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Talcum \Tal"cum\, n. [NL.] (Min.) Same as Talc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from Medieval Latin talcum, used for any of various shiny minerals. See talc. Talcum powder attested from 1871.\n
Wiktionary
Etymology 2 n. Powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use. vb. (context transitive English) To perfume with talcum powder.
WordNet
n. a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder [syn: talc]
a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture [syn: talcum powder]
Wikipedia
Talcum may refer to:
- Talc, a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate
- Talcum, Kentucky, a community in Knott County, Kentucky
- Talcum Powder (film), a 1982 Italian comedy film
Usage examples of "talcum".
The criminalist knew that talcum powder was commonly used by some people as a deodorant, by workers who wore tight-fitting rubber gloves for protection and by those who engaged in certain sexual practices using latex clothing.
Her breasts were pillowy, powdered with talcum, like two domes of bread dough proofing in a bowl.
The sound of gliding feet emerged from a dozen other noises, from the sublittoral drone of maintenance systems, from the rustle of newsprint as shoppers scanned their horoscopes in the tabloids up front, from the whispers of elderly women with talcumed faces, from the steady rattle of cars going over a loose manhole cover just outside the entrance.
Sometimes you put a little bit of talcum powder on the lock, then press Plasticine into the keyway, pull it out and put it in a secure container so you can take imprints later.
The ship reeks of shoe polish, talcum powder, and after-shave lotion.
There was a faint odor of carbolic acid mixed with Mennen's talcum powder.
On the floor lay a broken comb, an empty talcum powder can, and a few dust mice.
A bright white blast blew from the other ship, looking as if somebody had fired talcum powder out an exhaust port--but when it hit them it didn't feel like powder.
The stench was of a greenhouse gone bad, things rotting, a hot wet press of air and everything blazing in a talcum of light.
As he bowed a cloud of talcum powder rose upwards from his thick, black-and-white-streaked hair.
It looked like somebody spilled a can of red talcum powder, they said.
Fadecourt's gaze followed Matt as he lifted out the can of talcum powder and went to the limit of the firelight, shaking out a white stream as he went backward around the camp fire, completing the circle, then making a second one.
Ethridge supplies them with the talcum powder, which is not GI talc.
Putting it on was a matter of talcum powder, getting the angle right and pushing hard.
Then again, how am I having time to think these thoughts if we are talcum powder?