Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
EXECRATIVE
Etymology
Noun
execrative (plural execratives)
A word used for cursing; an oath.
Adjective
execrative (comparative more execrative, superlative most execrative)
Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"e*cra*tive, a.
Definition: Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle.
– Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv.
Ex"e*cra*tive, n.
Definition: A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. Earle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ELOQUENCE
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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