Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
JYNX
Jynx, genus Jynx
(noun) wrynecks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jynx (plural jynges)
A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
(transferred sense) A charm or spell.
Synonym: jinx
The name of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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