In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ANDROCEPHALOUS
Etymology
Adjective
androcephalous (not comparable)
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
Source: Wiktionary
An`dro*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. , , man + head.]
Definition: Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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