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Today’s pangram is DORMITORY.
DORMITORY is defined as a college or university building containing living quarters for students. It is also defined as a large sleeping room containing several beds.
DITTO is defined as a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated. It is also defined as repeat an action or statement.
DODO is defined as someone whose style is out of fashion. It is also defined as extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons.
DOOM is defined as pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law. It is also defined as decree or designate beforehand. It is also defined as an unpleasant or disastrous destiny. It is also defined as make certain of the failure or destruction of.
The word DOOMY has no known definition.
DOOR is defined as the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close. It is also defined as anything providing a means of access (or escape). It is also defined as a room that is entered via a door. It is also defined as a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road). It is also defined as a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle.
DORM is defined as a college or university building containing living quarters for students.
DORY is defined as pike-like freshwater perches. It is also defined as a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled. It is also defined as marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters.
DOTTY is defined as intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with. It is also defined as informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
The word DROID has no known definition.
IDIOM is defined as an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up. It is also defined as a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language. It is also defined as the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. It is also defined as the style of a particular artist or school or movement.
IDIOT is defined as a person of subnormal intelligence.
MIRROR is defined as a faithful depiction or reflection. It is also defined as polished surface that forms images by reflecting light. It is also defined as reflect as if in a mirror. It is also defined as reflect or resemble.
MOMMY is defined as informal terms for a mother.
MOOD is defined as the prevailing psychological state. It is also defined as verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. It is also defined as a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling.
MOODY is defined as United States tennis player who dominated women’s tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998). It is also defined as United States evangelist (1837-1899). It is also defined as subject to sharply varying moods. It is also defined as showing a brooding ill humor.
MOOR is defined as secure in or as if in a berth or dock. It is also defined as open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss. It is also defined as come into or dock at a wharf. It is also defined as one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century. It is also defined as secure with cables or ropes.
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).
MOTOR is defined as conveying information to the muscles from the CNS. It is also defined as causing or able to cause motion. It is also defined as travel or be transported in a vehicle. It is also defined as a nonspecific agent that imparts motion. It is also defined as machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion.
MOTTO is defined as a favorite saying of a sect or political group.
ODDITY is defined as a strange attitude or habit. It is also defined as something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting. It is also defined as eccentricity that is not easily explained.
ODOR is defined as any property detected by the olfactory system. It is also defined as the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
OMIT is defined as leave undone or leave out. It is also defined as prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
RIOT is defined as a joke that seems extremely funny. It is also defined as a state of disorder involving group violence. It is also defined as a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. It is also defined as engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking. It is also defined as a public act of violence by an unruly mob. It is also defined as take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot.
ROOD is defined as representation of the cross on which Jesus died.
ROOM is defined as space for movement. It is also defined as live and take one’s meals at or in. It is also defined as an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling. It is also defined as opportunity for. It is also defined as the people who are present in a room.
ROOMY is defined as (of buildings and rooms) having ample space. It is also defined as an associate who shares a room with you.
ROOT is defined as a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes. It is also defined as someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). It is also defined as become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style. It is also defined as (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed. It is also defined as the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation. It is also defined as the place where something begins, where it springs into being. It is also defined as dig with the snout. It is also defined as a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number. It is also defined as (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground. It is also defined as cause to take roots. It is also defined as cheer for. It is also defined as come into existence, originate. It is also defined as plant by the roots. It is also defined as take root and begin to grow. It is also defined as the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair.
The word ROTI has no known definition.
ROTOR is defined as the rotating armature of a motor or generator. It is also defined as rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils. It is also defined as the revolving bar of a distributor.
TODDY is defined as a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot.
TOMMYROT is defined as pretentious or silly talk or writing.
TOMTIT is defined as widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.
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.
The word TORI has no known definition.
The word TORII has no known definition.
The word TORO has no known definition.
TOROID is defined as a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle. It is also defined as the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus.
TORRID is defined as characterized by intense emotion. It is also defined as emotionally charged and vigorously energetic. It is also defined as extremely hot and dry.
TORRIDITY is defined as extreme heat.
TORT is defined as (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought.
TRIO is defined as a set of three similar things considered as a unit. It is also defined as three people considered as a unit. It is also defined as the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. It is also defined as a musical composition for three performers. It is also defined as three performers or singers who perform together.
The word TROD has no known definition.
TROT is defined as run at a moderately swift pace. It is also defined as a slow pace of running. It is also defined as a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). It is also defined as radicals who support Trotsky’s theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution. It is also defined as a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together. It is also defined as cause to trot. It is also defined as ride at a trot.
TROY is defined as an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War. It is also defined as a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains.
TYRO is defined as someone new to a field or activity.
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