According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
ALTERATIVES
Noun
alteratives
plural of alterative
Source: Wiktionary
ALTERATIVE
Al"ter*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. alterativus: cf. F. altératif.]
Definition: Causing ateration. Specifically:
Definition: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. Burton.
Al"ter*a*tive, n.
Definition: A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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