" pills "

[Verb]  | "pill" | \ ˈpil \

1: to come off in flakes or scales : peel

2: to subject to depredation or extortion

3: to peel or strip off

Origin: 12th century ;

 Middle English pilen, pillen, partly from Old English pilian to peel, partly from Anglo-French piler to rob;

[Verb]  | "pill" 

1: to dose with pills

2: blackball

3: to become rough with or mat into little balls

Origin: 1736 ;

[Noun]  | "pill" 

1: a usually medicinal or dietary preparation in a small rounded mass to be swallowed whole

2: birth control pill —usually used with the

3: something repugnant or unpleasant that must be accepted or endured

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English pylle, from Anglo-French pile & Middle Dutch pille, both ultimately from Latin pilula, from diminutive of pila ball;

[Noun]  | "abortion pill" 

1: a drug taken orally to induce abortion especially early in pregnancy; especially : mifepristone

Origin: 1857 ;

[Noun]  | "birth control pill" 

1: any of various preparations that typically contain progestin either alone or in combination with estrogen, are taken orally especially on a daily basis, and act as contraceptives by preventing ovulation, thickening cervical mucus, or thinning the uterine lining : oral contraceptive —called also contraceptive pill

Origin: 1916 ;

[Noun]  | "contraceptive pill" 

1: any of various preparations that typically contain a progestin either alone or in combination with an estrogen, are taken orally especially on a daily basis, and act as contraceptives by preventing ovulation, thickening cervical mucus, or thinning uterine lining : birth control pill

Origin: 1922 ;

[Noun]  | "mini pill" | \ ˈmi-nē-ˌpil \

1: a birth control pill that contains a low dose of progestin but no estrogen and is intended to minimize side effects

Origin: 1968 ;

[Noun]  | "morn*ing-af*ter pill" | \ ˌmȯr-niŋ-ˈaf-tər- \

1: an oral drug usually containing high doses of estrogen that is taken up to usually three days after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure to prevent or delay ovulation

Origin: 1964 ;

[Noun]  | "pep pill" 

1: any of various stimulant drugs in pill or tablet form

Origin: 1917 ;

[Idiom]  | "pop pills" 

1: to take a lot of pills regularly

[Noun]  | "pills" 

[Noun]  | "pill"