Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
FRESHMAN
freshman, first-year
(adjective) used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); “a freshman senator”; “freshman year in high school or college”
freshman, fresher
(noun) a first-year undergraduate
newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant
(noun) any new participant in some activity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
freshman (plural freshmen)
(obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
(US) A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.
Synonyms
• (British) fresher
• (Canadian) grade nine student / grade 9 student / Grade 9 student / grade-niner / grade niner
• (Canadian) first-year student / first year student / first-year university student / first year university student
• (US) frosh
Anagrams
• Fehrmans
Source: Wiktionary
Fresh"man, n.; pl. Freshmen (.
Definition: novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university. He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. Goldsmith. Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an American college. [ U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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