Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
RECTI
RECTUS
rectus
(noun) any of various straight muscles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
recti
plural of rectus
Anagrams
• Trice, citer, recit, retic, trice
Source: Wiktionary
Rec"ti- (rk"t*). Etym: [L. rectus straight.]
Definition: A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.
RECTUS
Rec"tus (-ts), n.; pl. Recti (-t. Etym: [NL., fr. L. regere to keep straight.] (Anat.)
Definition: A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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