An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BALLCOCK
ballcock, ball cock
(noun) floating ball that controls level in a water tank
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ballcock (plural ballcocks)
A floating sphere, attached to a lever, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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