MERCERISE

mercerize, mercerise

(verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster; “mercerize cotton”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

mercerise (third-person singular simple present mercerises, present participle mercerising, simple past and past participle mercerised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mercerize.

Anagrams

• merceries, remercies

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

1 May 2025

ECONOMIC

(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”


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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.

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