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.
DECUMBENT
accumbent, decumbent, recumbent
(adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
decumbent (not comparable)
Lying down; reclining on the ground.
(botany) Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.
Source: Wiktionary
De*cum"bent, a. Etym: [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.]
1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent. The decumbent portraiture of a woman. Ashmole.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DATELESS
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
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