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Today’s pangram is JAYBIRD.
JAYBIRD is defined as common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast.
AIRY is defined as not practical or realizable; speculative. It is also defined as open to or abounding in fresh air. It is also defined as characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. It is also defined as having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air.
AJAR is defined as slightly open.
ARIA is defined as an elaborate song for solo voice.
ARID is defined as lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless. It is also defined as lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
ARRAY is defined as align oneself with a group or a way of thinking. It is also defined as especially fine or decorative clothing. It is also defined as lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line. It is also defined as an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics. It is also defined as an impressive display. It is also defined as an orderly arrangement.
BARB is defined as an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. It is also defined as a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove. It is also defined as one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather. It is also defined as provide with barbs. It is also defined as the pointed part of barbed wire.
BARD is defined as put a caparison on. It is also defined as a lyric poet. It is also defined as an ornamental caparison for a horse.
BIRD is defined as informal terms for a (young) woman. It is also defined as badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers. It is also defined as a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt. It is also defined as watch and study birds in their natural habitat. It is also defined as the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food. It is also defined as warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
BRAD is defined as a small nail. It is also defined as fasten with brads.
BRAID is defined as form or weave into a braid or braids. It is also defined as trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains. It is also defined as make by braiding or interlacing. It is also defined as a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. It is also defined as decorate with braids or ribbons.
BRAY is defined as reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. It is also defined as braying characteristic of donkeys. It is also defined as laugh loudly and harshly. It is also defined as the cry of an ass.
BRIAR is defined as Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips. It is also defined as a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath. It is also defined as evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes. It is also defined as a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
DAIRY is defined as a farm where dairy products are produced.
DIARY is defined as a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations. It is also defined as a personal journal (as a physical object).
DRAB is defined as a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown. It is also defined as lacking brightness or color; dull. It is also defined as causing dejection. It is also defined as of a light brownish green color. It is also defined as lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
DRAY is defined as a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage.
DRIB is defined as a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid).
DRYAD is defined as a deity or nymph of the woods.
RABBI is defined as a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher. It is also defined as spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law.
RABID is defined as marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea. It is also defined as of or infected by rabies.
RADAR is defined as measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
The word RADII has no known definition.
RAID is defined as search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on. It is also defined as a sudden short attack. It is also defined as enter someone else’s territory and take spoils. It is also defined as an attempt by speculators to defraud investors. It is also defined as search for something needed or desired. It is also defined as take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock.
RAJA is defined as a prince or king in India. It is also defined as type genus of the family Rajidae.
The word RIBBY has no known definition.
YARD is defined as a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel). It is also defined as a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. It is also defined as the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. It is also defined as an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines. It is also defined as the enclosed land around a house or other building. It is also defined as a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen. It is also defined as an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock). It is also defined as a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings). It is also defined as a tract of land where logs are accumulated.
YARDBIRD is defined as a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks. It is also defined as a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.