ETHERIFY

etherify

(verb) change into an ether; ā€œetherify an alcoholā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

etherify (third-person singular simple present etherifies, present participle etherifying, simple past and past participle etherified)

(organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.

Source: Wiktionary



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ACRIMONIOUS

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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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