CUBOIDS

Noun

cuboids

plural of cuboid

Source: Wiktionary


CUBOID

Cu"boid (k"boid), a. Etym: [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. (Anat.)

Definition: Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.

– n. (Anat.)

Definition: The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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