In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
MELTON
Proper noun
Melton
A surname.
The Borough of Melton, a local government district in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Melton Mowbray.
A village in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2850)
Anagrams
• loment, molten, tolmen
Etymology
Noun
melton (countable and uncountable, plural meltons)
A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
Anagrams
• loment, molten, tolmen
Source: Wiktionary
Mel"ton, Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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