An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
GNEISSOID
Etymology
Adjective
gneissoid (comparative more gneissoid, superlative most gneissoid)
(geology) Having a structure similar to that of gneiss, or intermediate between that of gneiss and mica or granite
Noun
gneissoid (plural gneissoids)
(geology) A metamorphic rock having the composition of a laminated granite
Source: Wiktionary
Gneis"soid, a. Etym: [Gneiss+ -old.]
Definition: Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GROIN
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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