powder

01. Police found a small quantity of white [powder] in the man's pocket, which they believed to be cocaine.

02. To make additional colors of paint, you simply have to mix the different [powders] together, and add water.

03. Don't put too much cocoa [powder] in your milk or it will be too thick.

04. The mountain was covered in fresh [powder], and we skied all day.

05. The entire town was covered in a fine gray [powder] following the eruption of the volcano.

06. The old woman [powdered] her face, and put on her lipstick.

07. The Japanese actor had a white [powdered] face, and brightly colored make-up.

08. We skied in the most beautiful [powder] you could imagine.

09. Cocoa [powder] is made from a paste prepared from cocoa beans.

10. The [powder] used in cannons was of a larger grain than the [powder] used in pistols.

11. The recipe for the black [powder] used in guns and cannons was developed in China around the ninth century.

12. Don't buy liquid soap for the washing machine; I prefer the [powder].

13. André Maurois once said that we owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity; gun [powder] and romantic love.

14. There is evidence to suggest that ginger root is effective against motion sickness and nausea when taken in [powdered] form.

15. An American newscaster was sent envelopes containing an unknown [powder] which was later discovered to be the anthrax virus.

16. In medieval Europe, [powdered] gold was mixed into drinks to comfort sore limbs.

17. A Greek proverb notes that a fat belly did not invent gun [powder].