Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
MUSS
mess, messiness, muss, mussiness
(noun) a state of confusion and disorderliness; “the house was a mess”; “she smoothed the mussiness of the bed”
muss, tussle
(verb) make messy or untidy; “the child mussed up my hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
muss (third-person singular simple present musses, present participle mussing, simple past and past participle mussed)
(transitive) To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
Noun
muss (plural musses)
A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder)
(obsolete) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
Etymology 2
Noun
muss (plural musses)
(obsolete) A term of endearment.
Anagrams
• Sums, sums
Source: Wiktionary
Muss, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. mousche a fly, also, the play called muss, fr. L. musca a fly.]
Definition: A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Shak.
Muss, n.
Definition: A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]
Muss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mussing.]
Definition: To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple. [Colloq. U.S.]
Muss, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. mus a mouse. See Mouse.]
Definition: A term of endearment. [Obs.] See Mouse. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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