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.
SUBNASAL
Etymology
Adjective
subnasal (not comparable)
Located under the nose.
Noun
subnasal (plural subnasals)
A scale located below the nasal scale.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*na"sal, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUFFOCATION
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