cocaine, cocain
(noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cocaine (countable and uncountable, plural cocaines)
(uncountable) A stimulant narcotic, derived from cultivated plants of the genus Erythroxylum, in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose.
(countable) Any derivative of cocaine.
• (slang): blow, booger sugar, Bolivian marching powder, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, coke, girl, nose candy, powder, rock, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay, yayo, or yeyo, yola ice, Hard White, Chyna Whyte,crystals, angeldust.
• See also cocaine
• Oceanic, oceanic
Source: Wiktionary
Co"ca*ine, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
