In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STEROL
sterol, steroid alcohol
(noun) any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sterol (plural sterols)
(biochemistry, organic compound) Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.
Synonyms
• (type of organic compound): steroid alcohol
Hypernyms
• (type of organic compound):, lipid, steroid
Anagrams
• loster, ostler, reslot, rostel, solert, torsel
Source: Wiktionary
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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