WORD	DEFINITION	(FORMER) OWNER
ADRENALIN	a hormone and neurotransmitter (adrenaline)	Parke, Davis & Co
ASPIRIN	a pain relieving drug	Bayer
BANDAID	providing superficial relief (adj)	Johnson & Johnson
CHAPSTICK	flavored lip balm stick	Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
CHEERIOS	toasted o-shaped oats	General Mills
COLA	soda pop; color carbonated soft drink	Coca-Cola
CROCKPOT	an electric cooking pot	Rival Industries
ESCALATOR	power driven stair system	Otis Elevator Co.
FREON	a refrigerant	DuPont
FRISBEE	a plastic disc several inches in diameter sailed between players by the flip of a wrist	Wham-O
GOOGLE	to perform a Web-based search-engine query (v)	Google Inc.
GRAMOPHONE	an early record player (a phonograph)	Gramophone Co.
HEROIN	an addictive narcotic	Bayer
HOOVER	to use a vacuum cleaner (v)	The Hoover Company
JACUZZI	a small pool with agitated water	Jacuzzi Brothers
JEEP	to travel by a four wheeled drive vehicle (v)	Chrysler
JELLO	fruit flavored gelatin	Kraft
KLEENEX	soft facial tissue	Kimberly-Clark
LINOLEUM	a durable material used as floor covering	Linoleum Manufacturing Corp
LINUX	an open source computer operating system	Linux Foundation (Linus Torvalds)
LYCRA	nylon spandex	Invista
POGO	to jump up and down to music	Pohlmann & Goppel
POPSICLE	colored ice candy on a stick	Unilever
ROLLERBLADE	a type of inline skate	Nordica
SELLOTAPE	a brand of sticky tape	Henkel (et al)
SHEETROCK	drywall, plasterboard	US Gypsum Corp
SPAM	(usually all caps) to post or send broadcast or commercial facsimiles	Hormel Foods
STYROFOAM	extruded polystyrene insulating foam	Dow Chemical Co.
TABLOID	a small newspaper
THERMOS	thermal insulated flask or box	Thermos GmbH
TOUCHTONE	dual-tone multi-frequency telephone dialling system	AT&T
VASELINE	pure petroleum jelly	Unilever
VELCRO	hook and loop fastener; touch fastener	Velcro
XEROX	to photocopy by means of an electronic xerography machine	Xerox Corp
ZIPPER	to close with an interlocking fastener	B.F. Goodrich Co.