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• touch- — combining form Etymology: obsolete touch powder, powder used for priming a gun, from Middle English towchepoudre, from Middle French toucher to touch, kindle (a fire) + Middle English poudre powder : serving for quick ignition touchhole touchwood …   Useful english dictionary

• Powder Puff — is a reference to the division of an otherwise male dominated sport reserved for females regardless of the age of the participants.Powder puff football games are an annual tradition at many high schools and universities in the United States and… …   Wikipedia

• Touch hole — A touch hole is a small hole, through which the propellant charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited. In small arms, the flash from a charge of priming held in the flash pan is enough to ignite the charge within. In artillery, priming… …   Wikipedia

• powder-puff — /pow deuhr puf /, adj. Informal. 1. limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder puff touch football team. 2. inconsequential; trifling; lightweight: a powder puff company with little financing and a weak sales effort.… …   Universalium

• touch-hole — /ˈtʌtʃ hoʊl/ (say tuch hohl) noun History the vent in the breech of a firearm through which fire was communicated to the powder charge …  

• Fingerprint powder — Fingerprint powders are fine powders used in dusting for fingerprints by crime scene investigators and others in law enforcement. The process of dusting for fingerprints involves various methods intended to get the particles of the powder to… …   Wikipedia

• Hair powder — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fly powder — Fly Fly, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[=y]ge, fle[ o]ge, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tooth powder — Tooth Tooth (t[=oo]th), n.; pl. {Teeth} (t[=e]th). [OE. toth,tooth, AS. t[=o][eth]; akin to OFries. t[=o]th, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G. zahn, Icel. t[ o]nn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith. dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. odoy s …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Firearm — A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning… …   Wikipedia