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.
NONMETAL
nonmetallic, nonmetal
(adjective) not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; “nonmetallic elements”
nonmetal
(noun) a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nonmetal (plural nonmetals)
(chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.
Anagrams
• lemon ant
Source: Wiktionary
Non"met`al, n. (Chem.)
Definition: Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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