An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SCORIA
slag, scoria, dross
(noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scoria (countable and uncountable, plural scorias or scoriae)
The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore. [from 14th c.]
(geology) Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater. [from 18th c.]
Anagrams
• Corias, cariso
Source: Wiktionary
Sco"ri*a, n.; pl. Scorlæ. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the eduction of metallic ores; dross.
2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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