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.
ONYXES
Noun
onyxes
plural of onyx
Source: Wiktionary
ONYX
O"nyx, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Nail, and cf. Onycha.] (Min.)
Definition: Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground. Onyx marble, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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