You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
OVULIST
O"vu*list n. (Biol.)
Definition: A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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