Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CROSSWIND
crosswind
(noun) wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crosswind (plural crosswinds)
A wind blowing across a line of travel.
Anagrams
• discrowns
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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