An astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash, as a deodorant, and for other cosmetic purposes.

(photography) A powder that burns with a very rapid flash when ignited; used in pyrotechnics and early flash photography.

seidlitz powder

A burn, ordinarily superficial and on someone's skin, resulting from proximity to an explosion of gunpowder, such as that associated with the discharge of a firearm.

Alternative form of powder burn

(alchemy, historical) A kind of powder supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or to a portion of the bloodied clothes of the wounded person.

plural of baby powder

(skiing, slang) A skier who favours powdery snow.

plural of talcum powder

A special type of down that occurs in a few groups of apparently unrelated birds. In some species, the tips of the barbules on the feathers disintegrate, forming fine particles of keratin; in others, powder grains come from cells that surround the barbules of growing feathers.