Definitions for opiums

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opiums o·pi·um

Spelling: [oh-pee-uh m]

IPA: /ˈoʊ pi əm/

Opiums is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in opiums (imopsu).

Definitions for opiums

noun

1. the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
2. anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the mind or emotions.

Origin of opiums

1350-1400; Middle English Latin Greek ópion poppy juice, equivalent to op(ós) sap, juice + -ion diminutive suffix

Examples for opiums

In 2011, Iran accounted for 80 per cent of the opium seizures in the world, and 30 percent of the heroin seizures.

For every box of opium sold, the mate got a china dollar as a perquisite.

The effect was like that of opium, and gave the user visions.

Before the war, international rules were established to try and curtail the opium trade in the east.

I want a dressing gown made from it, to inspire my opium dreams.

The purchaser then brought, or sent, an order on board the ship, for the delivery of the opium.

The opium that I had taken in my potion made my head rather heavy.

And almost no event plays a larger role in that identity as a victim than the opium Wars.

The opium trade, perhaps beneficially, brought matters to a crisis.

In the end, the big question this book deals with is: What forces led to the prohibition of opium?