Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
TRACTIONS
Noun
tractions
plural of traction
Anagrams
• Nostratic, con artist, con-artist, narcotist, tacitrons, transotic
Source: Wiktionary
TRACTION
Trac"tion, n. Etym: [L. trahere, tractum, to draw: cf. F. traction.]
1. The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
2. Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
3. Attraction; a drawing toward. [R.]
4. The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like. Knight. Angle of traction (Mech.), the angle made with a given plane by the line of direction in which a tractive force acts.
– Traction engine, a locomotive for drawing vehicles on highways or in the fields.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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