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Today’s pangram is OPTIMAL.
OPTIMAL is defined as most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied.
The word ALIT has no known definition.
ALLOT is defined as give out. It is also defined as allow to have. It is also defined as administer or bestow, as in small portions.
ALTO is defined as the highest adult male singing voice. It is also defined as of or being the lowest female voice. It is also defined as the lowest female singing voice. It is also defined as of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor. It is also defined as a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef. It is also defined as (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group. It is also defined as (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments. It is also defined as the pitch range of the lowest female voice.
ATILT is defined as departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
ATOLL is defined as an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
ATOM is defined as (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything. It is also defined as (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
ATOP is defined as
IOTA is defined as a tiny or scarcely detectable amount. It is also defined as the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet.
LAPTOP is defined as a portable computer small enough to use in your lap.
LILT is defined as a jaunty rhythm in music. It is also defined as articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way.
LIMIT is defined as the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity. It is also defined as decide upon or fix definitely. It is also defined as the greatest possible degree of something. It is also defined as restrict or confine within limits. It is also defined as place limits on (extent or amount or access). It is also defined as the boundary of a specific area. It is also defined as final or latest limiting point. It is also defined as the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed. It is also defined as as far as something can go.
LOOT is defined as goods or money obtained illegally. It is also defined as informal terms for money. It is also defined as take illegally; of intellectual property. It is also defined as steal goods; take as spoils.
LOTTO is defined as a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
MAILLOT is defined as a woman’s one-piece bathing suit. It is also defined as tights for dancers or gymnasts.
MALT is defined as a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer. It is also defined as a milkshake made with malt powder. It is also defined as a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling. It is also defined as convert grain into malt. It is also defined as convert into malt. It is also defined as treat with malt or malt extract. It is also defined as turn into malt, become malt.
MILITIA is defined as civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. It is also defined as the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.
MITT is defined as the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. It is also defined as the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball.
MOAT is defined as ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
MOLT is defined as cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. It is also defined as periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
MOOT is defined as think about carefully; weigh. It is also defined as open to argument or debate. It is also defined as a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise. It is also defined as of no legal significance (as having been previously decided).
MOTTO is defined as a favorite saying of a sect or political group.
OMIT is defined as leave undone or leave out. It is also defined as prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
The word OPTIMA has no known definition.
PALATAL is defined as relating to or lying near the palate. It is also defined as produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y’) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch’ in `chin’ or `j’ in `gin’). It is also defined as a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast’).
PALATIAL is defined as suitable for or like a palace. It is also defined as relating to or being a palace.
PATIO is defined as usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
PILOT is defined as something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies. It is also defined as a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors. It is also defined as someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. It is also defined as an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. It is also defined as operate an airplane. It is also defined as small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner. It is also defined as act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance. It is also defined as a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.
PIPIT is defined as a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage.
PITA is defined as usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
The word PITAPAT has no known definition.
PLAIT is defined as any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape. 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 weave into plaits.
PLAT is defined as make a plat of. It is also defined as a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.).
PLOT is defined as make a plat of. It is also defined as a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal). It is also defined as a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation. It is also defined as make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed. It is also defined as a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object. It is also defined as devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet). It is also defined as plan secretly, usually something illegal. It is also defined as the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
POTATO is defined as annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous. It is also defined as an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
TAIL is defined as a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements. It is also defined as the rear part of a ship. It is also defined as go after with the intent to catch. It is also defined as any projection that resembles the tail of an animal. It is also defined as the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. It is also defined as the rear part of an aircraft. It is also defined as remove or shorten the tail of an animal. It is also defined as the time of the last part of something. It is also defined as remove the stalk of fruits or berries. It is also defined as the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body. It is also defined as (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person’s head.
The word TAILLAMP has no known definition.
The word TALI has no known definition.
TALL is defined as too improbable to admit of belief. It is also defined as lofty in style. It is also defined as a garment size for a tall person. It is also defined as great in vertical dimension; high in stature. It is also defined as impressively difficult.
The word TALLIT has no known definition.
TAMP is defined as press down tightly. It is also defined as a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
TAPA is defined as a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark. It is also defined as the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
The word TATAMI has no known definition.
TATTOO is defined as a design on the skin made by tattooing. It is also defined as a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters. It is also defined as stain (skin) with indelible color. It is also defined as the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining.
TILAPIA is defined as a genus of Cichlidae.
TILL is defined as a treasury for government funds. It is also defined as a strongbox for holding cash. It is also defined as unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together. It is also defined as work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.
TILT is defined as a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. It is also defined as move sideways or in an unsteady way. It is also defined as pitching dangerously to one side. It is also defined as heel over. It is also defined as a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. It is also defined as the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. It is also defined as to incline or bend from a vertical position. It is also defined as a slight but noticeable partiality. It is also defined as charge with a tilt.
TIPTOP is defined as of the highest quality. It is also defined as the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. It is also defined as the extreme top or summit.
TOIL is defined as productive work (especially physical work done for wages). It is also defined as work hard.
TOLL is defined as value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. It is also defined as the sound of a bell being struck. It is also defined as a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance). It is also defined as charge a fee for using. It is also defined as ring slowly.
TOMATILLO is defined as Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes. It is also defined as small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk. It is also defined as annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes.
TOMATO is defined as native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties. It is also defined as mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
TOMTIT is defined as widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.
TOOL is defined as ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it. It is also defined as the means whereby some act is accomplished. It is also defined as a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else. It is also defined as obscene terms for penis. It is also defined as an implement used in the practice of a vocation. It is also defined as drive. It is also defined as furnish with tools. It is also defined as work with a tool.
TOOT is defined as make a loud noise. It is also defined as revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party. It is also defined as a blast of a horn.
TOTAL is defined as determine the sum of. It is also defined as the whole amount. It is also defined as add up in number or quantity. It is also defined as constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. It is also defined as a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers. It is also defined as complete in extent or degree and in every particular. It is also defined as damage beyond the point of repair.
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