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caffeine

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB contain ▪ As cocoa contains caffeine , it would have stimulated the Temperance workers on their way. ▪ Arabica beans are harder to grow, produce more flavorful coffee, and contain about half the caffeine of robusta beans. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An alkaloid, C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 , found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant of the central nervous system.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Caffeine is the name of an alkaloid present in certain plants, such as coffee and tea. Caffeine can also refer to: In culture : Caffeine (film) , a 2006 comedy film by Dean Craig and directed by John Cosgrove Caffeine (video game) , a sci-fi horror videogame ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects [syn: caffein ]

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Contains processed oleander leaves, saltpeter, oil of peppermint, N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol, zinc oxide, charcoal, cobalt chloride, caffeine, extract of digitalis, steroids in trace amounts, sodium citrate, ascorbic acid, artificial coloring and flavoring.

Caffeine, we now know, can bring with it, in sufficient quantity, restlessness, nervousness, excitement, insomnia, flushed face, diuresis, gastrointestinal disturbance, muscle twitching, rambling flow of thought and speech, tachycardia or cardiac arrhythmia, periods of inexhaustibility, psychomotor agitation, and several other of the well-known conditions of our accelerated times.

I pick up the kettle and carefully pour boiling water into the funnel, where it will damp down the coffee grounds, extract the xanthine alkaloids and dissolve the half tab of Ex-Lax hidden in the powder, draining the sennoside glycosides and the highly diuretic caffeine into the mug of steaming coffee that, with any luck, will give Fiore a strong urge to take ten minutes on the can about half an hour after he drinks it.

Half the postings are about taking down Pac Bell switches or cracking into the White House and the other half are about the caffeine content of the latest soft drinks.

Lately a famous authority has found that it somewhat retards the process of peptic transmogrification, though only slightly in the case of ham and eggs, the inhibitory effects being due entirely to the tannic acid and the favorable ones to the caffeine.

The minute Pilar reached the kitchen, she walked straight for the coffeepot and poured herself a cup, hoping its caffeine would chase the dullness from her senses.

A cup of tea had more caffeine, and the traces of tryptophan and anandamide were so small they barely registered.

He took Lizzie upstairs and gave her bromo caffeine for her headache and to calm her nerves.

Sufficiently fortified with caffeine, Brooke threw the empty container into the wastebasket behind her cash register, then squared her shoulders.

Quinine for the regular morning and evening doses, sulphonal and trional for insomnia, ether for injections in case of anemia after hemorrhage, morphine for delirium, citrite of caffeine for weakness of the heart, tincture of valerian for the tympanites, bismuth to relieve nausea and vomiting, and the crushed ice wrapped in flannel cloths for the cold pack in the event of hyperpyrexia.

The French botanist Weddell thought that coca contained some kind of mild stimulant such as theine, or perhaps even caffeine.

Caffeine and medications containing theophylline may accentuate the symptoms.

Dan gave her caffeine sodium benzoate then hurried on to F for a splenectomy.

He said he had given her an injection of caffeine sodium benzoate, and she seemed better.

Starbuck had given her the caffeine sodium benzoate, for her heart attack, I slipped in and gave her a small, lethal dose of arsenic, equal to the contents of the big bottle.