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.
ORPHANING
Verb
orphaning
present participle of orphan
Anagrams
• harping on
Source: Wiktionary
ORPHAN
Or"phan, n. Etym: [L. orphanus, Gr. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.]
Definition: A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.
Or"phan, a.
Definition: Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
Or"phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.]
Definition: To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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