Adjective: 1. calm and peaceful; tranquil 2. prosperous; golden (as in halcyon years) Noun: 1. a kingfisher 2. a fabled bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was supposed to have had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on the sea during the winter solstice

Someone I know is having surgery tomorrow, so the doctor prescribed her a drug called Halcion to take a couple hours beforehand.