In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SPEC
specification, spec
(noun) a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
spec (plural specs)
(colloquial) Clipping of specification.
(colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
Clipping of specialization.
Clipping of specialist.
Clipping of special.
(linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
(linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
(dialect) a special place (for hiding or viewing)
(Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.
Verb
spec (third-person singular simple present specs, present participle speccing, simple past and past participle specced)
(transitive) To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
Anagrams
• CEPs, CPEs, CSPE, ECPs, EPCs, PESC, Pécs, ceps, pecs
Source: Wiktionary
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