The Clue
Teaspoonful, maybe (4 letter answer)
The Answer
DOSE
Tags
Notes
The answer DOSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Potion
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Amount of medicine
Amount, to an R.N.
Bit of medicine
Curative quantity
Directions on a phial
Give medicine to
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Medicinal measure
Medicinal portion
Medicinal quantity
Medicinal unit
Medicine measure
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Portion of a potion
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Prescribed amount
Prescription particular
Sedate, in a way
Spoonful, say
One tablespoon, e.g.
One tablet, maybe
One teaspoon, maybe
A teaspoonful, maybe
Unit of medicine
10 cc, perhaps
Amount given by an R.N.
Medicine-bottle word
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Trio, with dese and dem
Two caplets, e.g.
Two caplets, maybe
Two caplets, say
Two capsules, perhaps
Two capsules, say
Two tablets, maybe
Two tablets, say
Definition
DOSE as a noun:
1. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
2. (dose, dosage) = the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
3. (venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease, dose) = a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
4. (acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen) = street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
DOSE as a verb:
1. treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"
2. (drug, dose) = administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"