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.
PTILOSES
Noun
ptiloses
plural of ptilosis
Anagrams
• elispots, pilotess, pistoles, slopiest, spoilest, telopsis
Source: Wiktionary
PTILOSIS
Pti*lo"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Pterylosis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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