Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ORTHOCLASTIC
Etymology
Adjective
orthoclastic (comparative more orthoclastic, superlative most orthoclastic)
(crystallography) Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.
Source: Wiktionary
Or`tho*clas"tic, a. (Crystallog.)
Definition: Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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