In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VIRICIDE
viricide, virucide
(noun) an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
viricide (plural viricides)
(medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.
Etymology 2
Noun
viricide (plural viricides)
The act of killing one's husband.
Source: Wiktionary
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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