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Today’s pangrams are HEGEMONY and HOMOGENY.
HEGEMONY is defined as the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others.
HOMOGENY is defined as (biology) similarity because of common evolution.
ENEMY is defined as an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force). It is also defined as a personal enemy. It is also defined as an opposing military force. It is also defined as any hostile group of people.
GENOME is defined as the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism.
GNOME is defined as a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure. It is also defined as a short pithy saying expressing a general truth.
HEGEMON is defined as a leading or paramount power.
HOME is defined as (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score. It is also defined as an institution where people are cared for. It is also defined as a social unit living together. It is also defined as inside the country. It is also defined as where you live at a particular time. It is also defined as the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end. It is also defined as housing that someone is living in. It is also defined as an environment offering affection and security. It is also defined as place where something began and flourished. It is also defined as provide with, or send to, a home. It is also defined as return home accurately from a long distance. It is also defined as the country or state or city where you live. It is also defined as used of your own ground. It is also defined as relating to or being where one lives or where one’s roots are.
HOMEY is defined as having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable.
HOMONYM is defined as two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings.
HOMONYMY is defined as the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning.
HONEYMOON is defined as a holiday taken by a newly married couple. It is also defined as spend a holiday after one’s marriage. It is also defined as the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political.
HYMEN is defined as a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin. It is also defined as (Greek mythology) the god of marriage.
HYMN is defined as a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation). It is also defined as praise by singing a hymn. It is also defined as sing a hymn.
MEME is defined as a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation).
MEMO is defined as a written proposal or reminder.
MOMMY is defined as informal terms for a mother.
MONEY is defined as the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender. It is also defined as the official currency issued by a government or national bank. It is also defined as wealth reckoned in terms of money.
MONEYMEN is defined as a person skilled in large scale financial transactions.
MONO is defined as designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel. It is also defined as an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing.
MOON is defined as United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920). It is also defined as the light of the Moon. It is also defined as be idle in a listless or dreamy way. It is also defined as the period between successive new moons (29.531 days). It is also defined as have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake. It is also defined as any natural satellite of a planet. It is also defined as any object resembling a moon. It is also defined as expose one’s buttocks to. It is also defined as the natural satellite of the Earth.
MOONY is defined as lighted by moonlight. It is also defined as dreamy in mood or nature.
OMEN is defined as a sign of something about to happen. It is also defined as indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
YEOMEN is defined as officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch. It is also defined as in former times was free and cultivated his own land.