Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TEMPERAS
Noun
temperas
plural of tempera
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Source: Wiktionary
TEMPERA
Tem"pe*ra, n. Etym: [It.] (Paint.)
Definition: A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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10 May 2024
MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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