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.
NITROCELLULOSE
Etymology
Noun
nitrocellulose (countable and uncountable, plural nitrocelluloses)
(organic compound) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.
Synonyms
• cellulose nitrate
• gun cotton
• nitrocotton
• pyrocellulose
• pyroxylin
Source: Wiktionary
Ni`tro*cel"lu*lose`, n. Etym: [Nitro- + cellulose.] (Chem.)
Definition: See Gun cotton, under Gun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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