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.
DELIVERY
delivery, obstetrical delivery
(noun) the act of delivering a child
rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
(noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; “work is the deliverance of mankind”; “a surgeon’s job is the saving of lives”
pitch, delivery
(noun) (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
delivery, bringing
(noun) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); “his reluctant delivery of bad news”
delivery, livery, legal transfer
(noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
delivery
(noun) the event of giving birth; “she had a difficult delivery”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)
The act of conveying something.
The item which has been conveyed.
The act of giving birth
(baseball) A pitching motion.
(baseball) A thrown pitch.
The manner of speaking.
(medicine) The administration of a drug.
(cricket) A ball bowled.
(curling) The process of throwing a stone.
(genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
Hyponyms
• continuous delivery
• special delivery
Source: Wiktionary
De*liv"er*y, n.; pl. Deliveries (.
1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
2. The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.
3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton.
6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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