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.
DUSTER
duster
(noun) a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
dustcloth, dustrag, duster
(noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting
duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat
(noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
duster (plural dusters)
An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
Someone who dusts.
A light, loose-fitting long coat.
(paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
(milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.
(oil and gas) A dry drill hole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
(military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun.
(Philippines) A sundress.
(education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a blackboard.
(baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.
Anagrams
• Studer, deturs, durste, rudest, rusted, strude, uderts
Source: Wiktionary
Dust"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust. Specifically: (a) (Paper Making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc. (b) (Milling)
Definition: A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
2. A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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