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.
POLLINATE
pollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinate
(verb) fertilize by transfering pollen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
pollinate (third-person singular simple present pollinates, present participle pollinating, simple past and past participle pollinated)
To apply pollen to (a stigma).
Adjective
pollinate
(zoology) Pollinose.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol"li*nate, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Pollinose.
Pol"li*nate, v. t. (Bot.)
Definition: To apply pollen to (a stigma).
– Pol`li*na"tion, n. (Bot.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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