In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ANICUTS
Noun
anicuts
plural of anicut
Anagrams
• Stanciu, Uticans, nautics, unicast
Source: Wiktionary
ANICUT
An"i*cut, An"ni*cut, n. Etym: [Tamil anai kattu dam building.]
Definition: A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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