In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PEARLITES
Noun
pearlites
plural of pearlite
Anagrams
• pearliest, prelatise, replitase, reptilase
Source: Wiktionary
PEARLITE
Pearl"ite, Pearl"stone`, n. (Min.)
Definition: A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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