In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
XIPHIOID
Xiph"i*oid, a. Etym: [Xiphius + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genus Xiphius or family Xiphiidæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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