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.
LINKER
Etymology
Noun
linker (plural linkers)
That which links.
(compilation) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
(genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
(grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
(finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
Synonyms
• link editor
Verb
linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)
(genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
Anagrams
• Kerlin, relink
Proper noun
Linker (plural Linkers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Linker is the 10889th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2927 individuals. Linker is most common among White (93.82%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Kerlin, relink
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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