There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
LIVING
living
(adjective) (informal) absolute; “she is a living doll”; “scared the living daylights out of them”; “beat the living hell out of him”
living
(adjective) (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; “carved into the living stone”
living
(adjective) still in active use; “a living language”
surviving, living
(adjective) still in existence; “the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil”; “the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania”
living
(adjective) true to life; lifelike; “the living image of her mother”
living
(adjective) pertaining to living persons; “within living memory”
life, living
(noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; “he could no longer cope with the complexities of life”
living
(noun) people who are still living; “save your pity for the living”
support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
(noun) the financial means whereby one lives; “each child was expected to pay for their keep”; “he applied to the state for support”; “he could no longer earn his own livelihood”
animation, life, living, aliveness
(noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive; “while there’s life there’s hope”; “life depends on many chemical and physical processes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
living
present participle of live
Adjective
living (not comparable)
Having life.
In use or existing.
Of everyday life.
True to life.
Used as an intensifier.
Synonyms
• (having life): extant, living, vital; see also alive
• (existing): extant; See also existent
• (representing life): lifey, lifelike, limned, lively, naturalistic
• (intensifier): blasted, doggone, stinking; see also damned
Antonyms
• dead
• nonliving
Hyponyms
• long-living
• longest-living
Noun
living (countable and uncountable, plural livings)
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
(plural, with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who are alive.
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
A style of life.
(canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
Source: Wiktionary
Liv"ing, a. Etym: [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.
2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind , and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " Wyclif.
3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. " Living light." Shak.
5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. Then on the living coals wine they pour. Dryden. Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
– Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale. Living rock or stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut of the living rock." Moore.
– The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
Liv"ing, n.
1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. "Health and living." Shak.
2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. " A vicious living." Chaucer.
3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate. She can spin for her living. Shak. He divided unto them his living. Luke xv. 12.
4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably. There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases. L' Estrange.
5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [Eng.] He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living Macaulay. Livng room, the room most used by the family.
LIVE
Live, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived; p. pr. & vb. n. Living.] Etym: [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.]
1. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live. Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.
2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully. O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! Ecclus. xli. 1.
3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside. Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. Gen. xlvii. 28.
4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. Shak.
5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness. What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live Dryden.
6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. The just shall live by faith. Gal. iii. ll.
8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils. Those who live by labor. Sir W. Temple.
9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. A strong mast that lived upon the sea. Shak. To live out, to be at service; to live away from home as a servant. [U. S.] -- To live with. (a) To dwell or to be a lodger with. (b) To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female.
Live, v. t.
1. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.
2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice. To live the Gospel. Foxe. To live down, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.
Live, a. Etym: [Abbreviated from alive. See Alive, Life.]
1. Having life; alive; living; not dead. If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. Ex. xxi. 35.
2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live ether." Thomson.
3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." Thomson.
5. (Engin.)
Definition: Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe. Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. Dunglison.
– Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. P. H. Gosse.
– Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.
– Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang.
– Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis.
– Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Q. chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks.
– Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns.
– Live steam , steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam.
– Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body.
Live, n.
Definition: Life. [Obs.] Chaucer. On live, in life; alive. [Obs.] See Alive. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUBDUCTION
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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