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.
STRIATE
striate
(adjective) marked with stria or striations
striate
(verb) mark with striae or striations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
striate (third-person singular simple present striates, present participle striating, simple past and past participle striated)
(transitive) To mark something with striations.
Adjective
striate (comparative more striate, superlative most striate)
striated
(anatomy) Relating to the striate cortex of the brain
Anagrams
• artiest, artiste, attires, iratest, ratites, tastier
Source: Wiktionary
Stri"ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Striated; p. pr. & vb. n. Striating.] Etym: [See Striate, a.]
Definition: To mark with striaæ. "Striated longitudinally." Owen.
Stri"ate, Stri"a*ted, a. Etym: [L. striatus, p.p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.]
Definition: Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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