An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DEFILEMENT
befoulment, defilement, pollution
(noun) the state of being polluted
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
defilement (countable and uncountable, plural defilements)
The act of defiling.
The state of being defiled.
(military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Synonyms
• pollution
Source: Wiktionary
De*file"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. défilement. See Defile] (Mil.)
Definition: The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
De*file"ment, n. Etym: [From 3d Defile.]
Definition: The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness. Defilements of the flesh. Hopkins. The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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