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.
FERRITE
ferrite
(noun) a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ferrite (countable and uncountable, plural ferrites)
The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.
Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers.
(inorganic compound) The anion FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.
Anagrams
• TERFier, firtree, terfier
Source: Wiktionary
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