Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
APERCUS
Noun
apercus
plural of apercu
Anagrams
• earcups, scare up, scauper
Source: Wiktionary
APERCU
A`per`çu" (a`pâr`sus"), n.; pl. Aperçus (-sus"). [F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive.]
1.
Definition: A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology. W. T. Harris.
A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience. James Ward.
2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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