Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
COWRY
cowrie, cowry
(noun) any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
cowry (plural cowries)
Alternative spelling of cowrie
Source: Wiktionary
Cow"rie Cow"ry (kou"r), n.; pl. Cowries (-r. Etym: [Hind. kaur.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.
Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly C. moneta and several other species were largely used as money in Africa and some other countries, and they are still so used to some extent. The value is always trifling, and varies at different places.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
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