In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RECTORATES
Noun
rectorates
plural of rectorate
Anagrams
• stercorate
Source: Wiktionary
RECTORATE
Rec"tor*ate (-t), n. Etym: [LL. rectoratus: cf. F. rectorat.]
Definition: The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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