Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
NIHIL
nihil
(noun) (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); “nihil habet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
nihil (plural nihils)
(legal) A nihil dicit.
(chiefly, philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing
Source: Wiktionary
Ni"hil, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: Nothing. Nihil album Etym: [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc.
– Nihil debet Etym: [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt.
– Nihil dicit Etym: [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. Tomlins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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