large+pill
11suicide pill — A hostile takeover prevention tactic that could destroy the target company. Taking on a large amount of debt to prevent the takeover might cause bankruptcy, for example. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
12poison pill — /ˌpɔɪz(ə)n pɪl/ noun an action taken by a company to make itself less attractive to a potential takeover bid COMMENT: In some cases, the officers of a company will vote themselves extremely high redundancy payments if a takeover is successful; or …
13ball — 1. A round mass. See bezoar. 2. In veterinary medicine, a large pill or bolus. chondrin b. one of the globular masses formed by a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, in hyaline cartilage. food …
14bolus — 1. A single, relatively large quantity of a substance, usually one intended for therapeutic use, such as a b. dose of a drug injected intravenously. 2. A masticated morsel of food or another substance ready to be swallowed, such as a b. of barium …
15Discovery and development of HIV-protease inhibitors — Many major physiological processes depend on regulation of proteolytic enzyme activity and there can be dramatic consequences when equilibrium between an enzyme and its substrates is disturbed. In this prospective, the discovery of small molecule …
16bolus — noun (plural boluses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek bōlos lump Date: 1562 1. a rounded mass: as a. a large pill b. a soft mass of chewed food 2. a dose of a substance (as a drug) given intravenously; specific …
17Ball — (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. [1913 Webster]… …
18Ball and socket joint — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. [1913 …
19Ball bearings — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. [1913 …
20Ball cartridge — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. [1913 …
