In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DEPHOSPHORYLATE
Etymology
Verb
dephosphorylate (third-person singular simple present dephosphorylates, present participle dephosphorylating, simple past and past participle dephosphorylated)
To cause, or undergo dephosphorylation
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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