In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REDUCTASE
reductase
(noun) an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
reductase (plural reductases)
(enzyme) An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
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COMMISERATIVE
(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts
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