Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
FLUORITES
Noun
fluorites
plural of fluorite
Anagrams
• flouriest
Source: Wiktionary
FLUORITE
Flu"or*ite, n. (Min.)
Definition: Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels. Also called fluor spar, or simply fluor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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