BLOWDOWN

Etymology

Noun

blowdown (countable and uncountable, plural blowdowns)

(chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure

(industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.

(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




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2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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