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.
SIXTEEN
sixteen, xvi
(adjective) being one more than fifteen
sixteen, XVI
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Numeral
sixteen
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Anagrams
• exteins, extines
Source: Wiktionary
Six"teen`, a. Etym: [AS. sixt, sixt. See Six, and Ten, and cf. Sixty.]
Definition: Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
Six"teen`, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.
2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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