The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
ELASTASE
elastase
(noun) a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
elastase (countable and uncountable, plural elastases)
An endopeptidase enzyme involved in the breakdown of elastin.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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