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.
BLACKWOOD
blackwood, blackwood tree
(noun) any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
blackwood
(noun) very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blackwood (usually uncountable, plural blackwoods)
(countable) any of several trees yielding a very dark wood
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
(uncountable) the very dark wood of such trees
Etymology
Proper noun
Blackwood
Any of many places in England, Scotland and the United States.
An English and Scottish habitational surname derived from the placename.
Source: Wiktionary
Black"wood, n.
Definition: A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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