CROOKBACKED

crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic

(adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

crookbacked (comparative more crookbacked, superlative most crookbacked)

hunchbacked

Source: Wiktionary



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DOUBLETREE

(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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