Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DESALINATION
desalination, desalinization, desalinisation
(noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
desalination (countable and uncountable, plural desalinations)
The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
Synonyms
• desalinization, desalinisation
Anagrams
• nationalised
Source: Wiktionary
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