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.
PLAINSONG
plainsong, plainchant
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
plainsong (countable and uncountable, plural plainsongs)
(music) A form of monophonic chant in unison using the Gregorian scale, sung in various Christian churches.
Synonym: plainchant
(music) A cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal treatment; so called because often an actual fragment of plain-song.
(music) The simple notes of an air, without ornament or variation.
(by extension) A plain unvarnished statement, without exaggeration.
Anagrams
• pangolins
Source: Wiktionary
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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