pill

Converse of object

• sweeten: Application of the rule may not wholly get rid of gains on two residences but it can sweeten the pill to a considerable extent.
• slim: Forget slimming pills, there is no quick fix remedy.
• swallow: Would Serbia ever swallow the bitter pill of independence for Kosovo without the prospect of EU membership for itself?
• sleep: Try not to take sleeping pills for longer than a night or two.
• prescribe: Your entire career may seem to rest upon a decision to resist prescribing the pill.
• dispense: She was met by a pharmacist who said his Catholic faith precluded his dispensing the pill.

Adjective modifier

• morning-after: Also, please check whether local teachers would like to receive further copies of SPUC's revised notes on the morning-after pill.
• contraceptive: Two special doses of a high dose contraceptive pill are taken exactly 12 hours apart.
• abortifacient: News, 30 April 2003 British nurses are calling for tighter regulations on how the abortifacient morning-after pill is handed out by pharmacists.
• progestogen-only: Alternatives to the pill include patches, injections, and implants, and the progestogen-only pill.
• bitter: There was, however, one bitter pill to swallow.
• combined: In conclusion, all combined oral contraceptive pills are equally safe.

Modifies a noun

• dispenser: The automatic pill dispenser will be sent by Royal Mail First Class Post.
• popper: Pill Poppers Do you have difficulty in removing pills from their packaging?

Noun used with modifier

• sleeping: Sleeping pills - a real ' Insomnia Cure ' ?
• diet: Information: Two very popular diet pills taken by millions of women have been linked to a serious heart ailment.
• poison: A vote to uphold the poison pill would help protect the Murdoch family from any threats to their long-term control.
• contraceptive: From the New Year, emergency contraceptive pills will be available over-the counter in chemists, it was reported today.
• ecstasy: Test results of over sixty ecstasy pills are included.
• 'persuasion: If you haven't already guessed it, these 'persuasion pills ' are in fact our Irresistible Influence Cards.