Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
OBTURATING
Verb
obturating
present participle of obturate
Source: Wiktionary
OBTURATE
Ob"tu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obturating.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.]
Definition: To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance),
Definition: to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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