Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
AIL
garlic, ail
(noun) aromatic bulb used as seasoning
trouble, ail, pain
(verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
ail
(verb) be ill or unwell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
ail (third-person singular simple present ails, present participle ailing, simple past and past participle ailed)
(transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
(intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
Noun
ail (plural ails)
(obsolete) An ailment; trouble; illness.
Etymology 2
Adjective
ail (comparative ailer or more ail, superlative ailest or most ail)
(obsolete) Painful; troublesome.
Etymology 3
Noun
ail (plural ails)
The awn of barley or other types of corn.
Anagrams
• -ial, Ali, IAL, LIA, Lai, ali-, lai
Source: Wiktionary
Ail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ailing.] Etym: [OE. eilen, ailen, AS. eglan to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-agljan to distress, agls troublesome, irksome, aglo, aglitha, pain, and prob. to E. awe.
Definition: To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man I know not what ails him. What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17.
Note: It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him.
Ail, v. i.
Definition: To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. When he ails ever so little . . . he is so peevish. Richardson.
Ail, n.
Definition: Indisposition or morbid affection. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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