You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
UNIVALVES
Noun
univalves
plural of univalve
Source: Wiktionary
UNIVALVE
U"ni*valve, n. Etym: [Uni- + valve: cf. F. univalve.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
Note: Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of univalves belonging to the gastropods are conical, cup-shaped, or shieldlike, as the limpets.
U"ni*valve, U"ni*valved, a. Etym: [Cf. F. univalve.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 January 2025
FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Coffee Trivia
