Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PETARDS
Noun
petards
plural of petard
Anagrams
• departs, detraps, drapest, drapets
Source: Wiktionary
PETARD
Pe*tard", n. Etym: [F. pétard, fr. péter to break wind, to crack, to explode, L. pedere, peditum.] (Mil.)
Definition: A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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