Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
URANITE
Etymology
Noun
uranite (countable and uncountable, plural uranites)
A dark, lustrous, heavy mineral, a source of uranium and radium.
Anagrams
• Taurine, ruinate, taurine, urinate
Source: Wiktionary
U"ra*nite, n. Etym: [Cf. G. uranit, F. uranite.] (Min.)
Definition: A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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