Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MEASLED
Etymology
Adjective
measled (comparative more measled, superlative most measled)
Infected or spotted with measles.
Anagrams
• Ledesma
Source: Wiktionary
Mea"sled, a. Etym: [See 2d Measles.]
Definition: Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.
– Mea"sled*ness, n.
MEASLE
Mea"sle, n. Etym: [OE. mesel, OF. mesel, LL. misellus, L. misellus unfortunate, dim. of miser. See Miser.]
Definition: A leper. [Obs.] [Written also meazel, and mesel.] Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).
Mea"sle, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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