Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
SLITTING
SLIT
slit
(verb) cut a slit into; “slit the throat of the victim”
slit, slice
(verb) make a clean cut through; “slit her throat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
slitting
present participle of slit
Noun
slitting (plural slittings)
The act by which something is slit.
Anagrams
• Tlingits, stilting, tiltings, titlings
Source: Wiktionary
Slit"ting, a. & n.
Definition: from Slit. Slitting file. See Illust. (i) of File.
– Slitting mill. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder.
– Slitting roller, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals.
SLIT
Slit, obs.
Definition: 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide. Chaucer.
Slit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slit or Slitted (; p. pr. & vb. n. Slitting.] Etym: [OE. slitten, fr. sliten, AS. stitan to tear; akin to D. slijten to wear out, G. schleissen to slit, split, OHG. slizan to split, tear, wear out, Icel. stita to break, tear, wear out, Sw. slita, Dan. slide. Cf. Eclat, Slate, n., Slice.]
1. To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
2. To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.
3. To cut; to sever; to divide. [Obs.] And slits the thin-spun life. Milton.
Slit, n. Etym: [AS. slite.]
Definition: A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear. Gill slit. (Anat.) See Gill opening, under Gill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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