In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
(adjective) of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; “the pharmaceutical industry”
pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
(noun) drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pharmaceutic (comparative more pharmaceutic, superlative most pharmaceutic)
pharmaceutical
Source: Wiktionary
Phar`ma*ceu"tic, Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. pharmaceutique. See Pharmacy.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations.
– Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.