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.
NOMINATION
nomination
(noun) the act of officially naming a candidate; “the Republican nomination for Governor”
nomination
(noun) the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; “there was keen competition for the nomination”; “his nomination was hotly protested”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nomination (countable and uncountable, plural nominations)
An act or instance of nominating.
A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.
Source: Wiktionary
Nom`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination.]
1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated. The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon.
2. The denomination, or name. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ALLERGIC
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
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