hepatics
plural of hepatic
• capeshit, pastiche, pistache, scaphite
Source: Wiktionary
He*pat"ic, a. Etym: [L. hepaticus, Gr. jecur, Skr. yak: cf. F. hépatique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.
2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticæ, or scale mosses and liverworts. Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive.
– Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas.
– Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
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.
