DES

DES, diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol

(noun) synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy

stilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, diethylstilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES

(noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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20 December 2024

FIDDLE

(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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