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.
PELLET
shot, pellet
(noun) a solid missile discharged from a firearm; “the shot buzzed past his ear”
pellet
(noun) a small sphere
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pellet (plural pellets)
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
(heraldiccharge) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
Verb
pellet (third-person singular simple present pellets, present participle pelleting, simple past and past participle pelleted)
To form into pellets.
Synonym: pelletize
To strike with pellets.
Source: Wiktionary
Pel"let, n. Etym: [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. Platoon.]
1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax .
2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.
Pel"let, v.
Definition: To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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