In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DOSEMETER
dosemeter, dosimeter
(noun) a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dosemeter (plural dosemeters)
Alternative form of dosimeter
Source: Wiktionary
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CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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