Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
THREADWORM
pinworm, threadworm, Enterobius vermicularis
(noun) small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
threadworm (plural threadworms)
A parasitic roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which causes strongyloidiasis.
(UK, Australia) The pinworm.
Source: Wiktionary
Thread"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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