Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ALNICO
Alnico
(noun) trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the chemical symbols Al, Ni and Co.
Noun
alnico (plural alnicos)
An alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt, sometimes alloyed with smaller amounts of iron, copper, titanium and used primarily in the manufacture of magnets.
Anagrams
• Licona, Nicola, oilcan
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