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.
HIGHLAND
upland, highland
(adjective) used of high or hilly country
highland, upland
(noun) elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
highland (plural highlands)
An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.
Hypernyms
• land
Adjective
highland
Relating to highlands.
Adjective
Highland (not comparable)
relating to the Highlands.
Proper noun
Highland
A council area in north-west in Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, originally a region created in 1975 from the counties of Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty, Caithness, Sutherland and parts of Argyll and Moray.
A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
High"land, n.
Definition: Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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