In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CROCEINS
Noun
croceins
plural of crocein
Anagrams
• conciser, cornices
Source: Wiktionary
CROCEIN
Cro"ce*in (kr"s-n), n. Etym: [See Croceous.] (Chem.)
Definition: A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUNLIT
(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner
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