According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
SYNESIS
Etymology
Noun
synesis (usually uncountable, plural syneses)
(grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with which it should regularly agree, but of some other implied word, as in: "If the band are popular, they will play next month."
(philosophy) The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.
Synonyms
• (grammar): constructio ad sensum
Anagrams
• Sisneys
Source: Wiktionary
Syn"e*sis, n. [Gr. intelligence.] (Gram.)
Definition: A construction in which adherence to some element in the sense causes a departure from strict syntax, as in "Philip went down to Samaria and preached Christ unto them."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUBDUCTION
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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