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Today’s pangrams are COMBATANT and NONCOMBATANT.
COMBATANT is defined as someone who fights (or is fighting). It is also defined as engaging in or ready for combat.
NONCOMBATANT is defined as a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon). It is also defined as member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon. It is also defined as used of civilians in time of war.
ABBOT is defined as the superior of an abbey of monks.
BABA is defined as a small cake leavened with yeast.
BABOON is defined as large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
BACON is defined as English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292). It is also defined as English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626). It is also defined as back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried.
BAMBOO is defined as the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles. It is also defined as woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture.
BANANA is defined as any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits. It is also defined as elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh.
The word BANC has no known definition.
BANTAM is defined as very small. It is also defined as any of various small breeds of fowl.
BAOBAB is defined as African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
BATON is defined as a short stout club used primarily by policemen. It is also defined as a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir. It is also defined as a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race. It is also defined as a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette. It is also defined as a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority.
BOAT is defined as a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce. It is also defined as a small vessel for travel on water. It is also defined as ride in a boat on water.
BOATMAN is defined as someone who drives or rides in a boat.
The word BOBA has no known definition.
BOBCAT is defined as small lynx of North America.
BOMB is defined as throw bombs at or attack with bombs. It is also defined as an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual. It is also defined as strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion. It is also defined as fail to get a passing grade. It is also defined as an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions.
BONBON is defined as a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate.
BONOBO is defined as small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species.
BOOB is defined as commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake. It is also defined as either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman. It is also defined as an ignorant or foolish person.
The word BOOBOO has no known definition.
BOOM is defined as a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set. It is also defined as make a resonant sound, like artillery. It is also defined as hit hard. It is also defined as a deep prolonged loud noise. It is also defined as grow vigorously. It is also defined as a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money). It is also defined as be the case that thunder is being heard. It is also defined as make a deep hollow sound. It is also defined as any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring. It is also defined as a state of economic prosperity.
BOON is defined as a desirable state. It is also defined as very close and convivial.
BOOT is defined as the act of delivering a blow with the foot. It is also defined as an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg. It is also defined as cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes. It is also defined as compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools. It is also defined as the swift release of a store of affective force. It is also defined as a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed. It is also defined as footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg. It is also defined as kick; give a boot to. It is also defined as protective casing for something that resembles a leg.
BOTTOM is defined as low-lying alluvial land near a river. It is also defined as a cargo ship. It is also defined as the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat. It is also defined as a depression forming the ground under a body of water. It is also defined as the lower side of anything. It is also defined as the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. It is also defined as come to understand. It is also defined as provide with a bottom or a seat. It is also defined as situated at the bottom or lowest position. It is also defined as strike the ground, as with a ship’s bottom. It is also defined as the lowest part of anything. It is also defined as the lowest rank.
CABANA is defined as a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
CATACOMB is defined as an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).
COMB is defined as search thoroughly. It is also defined as smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb. It is also defined as the act of drawing a comb through hair. It is also defined as the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. It is also defined as a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair. It is also defined as any of several tools for straightening fibers. It is also defined as ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore. It is also defined as straighten with a comb.
COMBAT is defined as an engagement fought between two military forces. It is also defined as the act of fighting; any contest or struggle. It is also defined as battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.
COMBO is defined as a small band of jazz musicians.
MAMBA is defined as arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
MAMBO is defined as a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba. It is also defined as dance a mambo.
NABOB is defined as a governor in India during the Mogul empire. It is also defined as a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient).
The word NANOBOT has no known definition.
The word NOOB has no known definition.
TABOO is defined as a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature. It is also defined as an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion. It is also defined as excluded from use or mention. It is also defined as forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands. It is also defined as declare as sacred and forbidden.
TOBACCO is defined as aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs. It is also defined as leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
TOMB is defined as a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
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