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Today’s pangram is CHEMICAL.
CHEMICAL is defined as relating to or used in chemistry. It is also defined as material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules. It is also defined as of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes.
ACCLAIM is defined as clap one’s hands or shout after performances to indicate approval. It is also defined as enthusiastic approval. It is also defined as praise vociferously.
ACME is defined as the highest point (of something). It is also defined as the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.
AHEM is defined as the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc..
CALM is defined as steadiness of mind under stress. It is also defined as wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale. It is also defined as make calm or still. It is also defined as become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation. It is also defined as cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. It is also defined as not agitated; without losing self-possession. It is also defined as make steady. It is also defined as (of weather) free from storm or wind.
The word CAME has no known definition.
CAMEL is defined as cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
CAMELLIA is defined as any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
The word CAMI has no known definition.
CHIME is defined as a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. It is also defined as emit a sound.
CLAIM is defined as a demand especially in the phrase. It is also defined as lay claim to; as of an idea. It is also defined as take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. It is also defined as demand as being one’s due or property; assert one’s right or title to. It is also defined as an established or recognized right. It is also defined as an informal right to something. It is also defined as an assertion of a right (as to money or property). It is also defined as an assertion that something is true or factual. It is also defined as ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example. It is also defined as assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing. It is also defined as demand for something as rightful or due.
CLAM is defined as a piece of paper money worth one dollar. It is also defined as burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness. It is also defined as flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams. It is also defined as gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean.
CLIME is defined as the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
EMAIL is defined as communicate electronically on the computer. It is also defined as (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient’s terminal when the recipient logs in.
EMCEE is defined as a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers). It is also defined as act as a master of ceremonies.
HELM is defined as be at or take the helm of. It is also defined as (figurative) a position of leadership. It is also defined as steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered.
HEME is defined as a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
IMAM is defined as (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide.
LAMA is defined as llamas. It is also defined as a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
LAME is defined as deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg. It is also defined as someone who doesn’t understand what is going on. It is also defined as pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. It is also defined as disabled in the feet or legs. It is also defined as a fabric interwoven with threads of metal.
LAMELLA is defined as any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus. It is also defined as a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones. It is also defined as thin plate.
The word LAMELLAE has no known definition.
LEMMA is defined as the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae. It is also defined as a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition. It is also defined as the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.
LIMA is defined as capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century.
LIME is defined as any of various related trees bearing limes. It is also defined as spread birdlime on branches to catch birds. It is also defined as a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide. It is also defined as a caustic substance produced by heating limestone. It is also defined as any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber. It is also defined as a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds. It is also defined as cover with lime so as to induce growth. It is also defined as the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees.
LLAMA is defined as wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
MACE is defined as an official who carries a mace of office. It is also defined as (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization. It is also defined as a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority. It is also defined as spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed.
MAHIMAHI is defined as large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii). It is also defined as the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii).
MAIL is defined as cause to be directed or transmitted to another place. It is also defined as (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings. It is also defined as the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office. It is also defined as send via the postal service. It is also defined as any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered. It is also defined as a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system. It is also defined as the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
MAIM is defined as injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
MALE is defined as characteristic of a man. It is also defined as a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies. It is also defined as an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova). It is also defined as being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation. It is also defined as for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys. It is also defined as the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands.
The word MALIC has no known definition.
MALICE is defined as the quality of threatening evil. It is also defined as feeling a need to see others suffer.
MALL is defined as mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace. It is also defined as a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
MAMA is defined as informal terms for a mother. It is also defined as a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
MAMMA is defined as milk-secreting organ of female mammals. It is also defined as informal terms for a mother.
MAMMAL is defined as any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk.
MEAL is defined as the food served and eaten at one time. It is also defined as any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times. It is also defined as coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.
MECCA is defined as a place that attracts many visitors. It is also defined as joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam.
MELEE is defined as a noisy riotous fight.
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).
MICA is defined as any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity.
The word MICE has no known definition.
MILE is defined as a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude. It is also defined as a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters. It is also defined as a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km. It is also defined as a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile. It is also defined as an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards. It is also defined as a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters). It is also defined as a footrace extending one mile. It is also defined as a large distance.
MILL is defined as machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing. It is also defined as English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873). It is also defined as a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing. It is also defined as move about in a confused manner. It is also defined as the act of grinding to a powder or dust. It is also defined as Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham’s utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836). It is also defined as grind with a mill. It is also defined as produce a ridge around the edge of. It is also defined as roll out (metal) with a rolling machine.
MIME is defined as a performance using gestures and body movements without words. It is also defined as imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect. It is also defined as an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression. It is also defined as act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only.
MIMIC is defined as someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress). It is also defined as imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect. It is also defined as constituting an imitation.
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