His horror of insomnia, compounded with a family history of compulsive worrying, caused him to down three or four Placidyls, Seconals, Quaaludes, or Tuinals almost every night—and often it was a combination of all four.
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Placidyl
Synonyms for "placidyl" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (6)
Noun(6 words)
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More general
11 entriescalmnesschemical compoundconditiondrugemotional statemedicationpharmaceutical productpharmacological agentsedative-hypnoticsedative-hypnotic drugstate
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12 entriescalm demeanorcomposed bearingcomposuremoodplacidyl capsuleplacidyl derivativeplacidyl esterplacidyl saltplacidyl solutionplacidyl tabletsedate expressiontemperament
Collocations
11 entriesplacidyl atmosphereplacidyl capsuleplacidyl climateplacidyl demeanorplacidyl derivativeplacidyl environmentplacidyl receptorplacidyl saltplacidyl solutionplacidyl tabletplacidyl temperament
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
8 entriesSample sentences
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