KERATINIZE

keratinize, keratinise

(verb) become horny and impregnated with keratin

keratinize, keratinise

(verb) convert into keratin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

keratinize (third-person singular simple present keratinizes, present participle keratinizing, simple past and past participle keratinized)

(transitive) To convert into keratin.

(intransitive) To take on the appearance of keratin, or become impregnated with keratin.

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27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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