Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MEGASCOPES
Noun
megascopes
plural of megascope
Source: Wiktionary
MEGASCOPE
Meg"a*scope, n. Etym: [Mega- + -scope: cf. F. mégascope.]
Definition: A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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