hydrophobicity
(noun) the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hydrophobicity (countable and uncountable, plural hydrophobicities)
(chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
(chemistry, countable) The degree to which a substance is hydrophobic.
Source: Wiktionary
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
