An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ACYL
acyl, acyl group
(noun) any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; “an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
acyl (plural acyls)
(organic chemistry) Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.
Anagrams
• Clay, Lacy, clay, lacy
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"yl, n. [Acid + -yl.] (Org. Chem.)
Definition: An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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