Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
APPOSABLE
opposable, apposable
(adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something; “the thumb is opposable to the forefinger”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
apposable (not comparable)
(anatomy) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.
Synonyms
• opposable
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pos"a*ble, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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