niacin, nicotinic acid
(noun) a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract
Source: WordNet® 3.1
in 1942 derived from nicotinic acid + vitamin, chosen to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins.
niacin (uncountable)
(vitamin) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
• E375 when used as a colour retention agent
• nicotinic acid
• vitamin B3
• (historic names) vitamin PP, vitamin P-P, PP-factor, pellagra-preventive factor
• canini
Source: Wiktionary
26 January 2025
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
