Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ASTERISK
asterisk, star
(noun) a star-shaped character * used in printing
star, asterisk
(verb) mark with an asterisk; “Linguists star unacceptable sentences”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
asterisk (plural asterisks)
The symbol *.
Something in the shape of or resembling the asterisk symbol.
(sports, US) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.
Verb
asterisk (third-person singular simple present asterisks, present participle asterisking, simple past and past participle asterisked)
(transitive) To mark or replace with an asterisk symbol (*); star.
Anagrams
• sarkiest, skaiters
Source: Wiktionary
As"ter*isk, n. Etym: [L. asteriscus, Gr. Aster.]
Definition: The figure of a star, thus,
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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