Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
NUMBFISH
Etymology
Noun
numbfish (plural numbfish or numbfishes)
An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.
Source: Wiktionary
Numb"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUPERFETATION
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