Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TECTONIC
tectonic, architectonic
(adjective) of or pertaining to construction or architecture
tectonic
(adjective) pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth’s crust; “tectonic plates”; “tectonic valleys”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tectonic (not comparable)
Of or relating to construction or to architecture
(biology) Structural
(geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's lithosphere
(figurative) momentous, utter, vast
Anagrams
• concetti
Source: Wiktionary
Tec*ton"ic, a. Etym: [L. tectonicus, Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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