baby powder

IPA: bˈeɪbipˈaʊdɝ

An astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash, as a deodorant, and for other cosmetic purposes.

Examples of "baby-powder" in Sentences

I wanted children so badly, I could already smell their little baby-powder selves.
Ignoring the room's diaper and baby-powder reek, she distracted Zloty with Fuzzbutt and a holo mouse.
Update:: Cory notes: Yeah, and by that reasoning, we need region-coded cement, tee-shirts, baby-powder and oatmeal.
For years, I only wore natural perfumes, because everything I tried at a department store either smelled like nail-polish remover, baby-powder or something cheap from Avon.
The Transom then took the opportunity to ask Mr. Fekkai, who's in his early 40's, what had led him to part ways with baby-powder heiress Libbet Johnson, eight years his elder.
At recess, I would ask to hold a friend's Cabbage Patch doll, with its squishy, pudgy legs and subtle baby-powder scent and some hideous name that sounded both Biblical and medical, like Hepsabeth Cornelia.
What's really amazing is when he gets into why seizing liquids won't keep explosives off of planes, describing how you could make undetectable thermit canes, exploding baby-powder, deadly laptop batteries -- even explosive clothes.
In talks with nurses who retire early from the job, Parod learns nurses who once offered lots of care and attention to their patients, who gave them back rubs and baby-powder massages, feel overly pressured in the new environment that demands quick-moving medical care.