In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
COBRA
cobra
(noun) venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cobra (plural cobras)
Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
Anagrams
• Barco, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, carob, coarb
Proper noun
COBRA
(British) Initialism of Cabinet Office Briefing Room A.
(US, legal) Initialism of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, especially the provision that allows some employees to continue their group-based health insurance after leaving a job; also, health insurance obtained under this law.
Anagrams
• Barco, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, carob, coarb
Source: Wiktionary
Co"bra, n.
Definition: See Copra.
Co"bra, n.
Definition: The cobra de capello.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MOTIVE
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
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