In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ENDERGONIC
endergonic
(adjective) (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants; “photosynthesis is an endergonic process”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
endergonic (comparative more endergonic, superlative most endergonic)
(chemistry) Describing a reaction that absorbs (heat) energy from its environment
Synonyms
• endothermic
Anagrams
• re-encoding, reencoding
Source: Wiktionary
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ANTHOZOAN
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