In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WARFARIN
warfarin, Coumadin
(noun) an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
warfarin (usually uncountable, plural warfarins)
A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation
Manufactured as a pharmaceutical drug and used in low dosage, with regular monitoring, for the prevention of thrombosis and embolism.
Manufactured as a chemical, used in high dosage as a pesticide.
Source: Wiktionary
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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