talcum powder

noun (U) a fine powder which you put on your skin after washing to make it dry or smell pleasant tale /teIl/ noun (C)

1 a story of imaginary events, especially of an exciting kind: tales of far-off lands

2 a spoken description of an event or situation that is often not completely true: tales of his life in post-war Berlin

3 tell tales especially BrE to tell someone in authority something untrue, unfair, or unpleasant, often because you want to harm someone else; tattle AmE: Samantha's been telling tales to the teacher again.

4 tale of misery/woe a description of events that made you very unhappy

5 live/survive etc to tell the tale humorous to still be alive after a dangerous or unpleasant event: Yes. it's true. I've been to stay at my mother-in-law's and lived to tell the tale.