Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TEETHING
teething, dentition, odontiasis
(noun) the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
teething (countable and uncountable, plural teethings)
(physiology) The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
Verb
teething
present participle of teethe
Source: Wiktionary
Teeth"ing, n.
Definition: The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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