Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
REMOTION
removal, remotion
(noun) the act of removing; “he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
remotion (countable and uncountable, plural remotions)
(zoology, chiefly, entomology) Backward motion. (Contrast promotion.)
(especially, logic, largely obsolete) Removal.
Anagrams
• Monte Rio, Monteiro, motioner
Source: Wiktionary
Re*mo"tion (r-m"shn), n. Etym: [L. remotio. See Remove.]
1. The act of removing; removal. [Obs.] This remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. Shak.
2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [R.] The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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