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COCAINE
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
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (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
Anagrams
• 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
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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