Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AUTORADIOGRAPH
autoradiograph
(noun) a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
autoradiograph (plural autoradiographs)
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
Verb
autoradiograph (third-person singular simple present autoradiographs, present participle autoradiographing, simple past and past participle autoradiographed)
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
Anagrams
• radioautograph
Source: Wiktionary
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