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Today’s pangrams are BACKBOARD, BACKDOOR, and CORKBOARD.
BACKBOARD is defined as a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball. It is also defined as a board used to support the back of someone or something.
BACKDOOR is defined as an entrance at the rear of a building. It is also defined as an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains. It is also defined as a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position).
CORKBOARD is defined as a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking.
ABACK is defined as
ABRACADABRA is defined as gibberish and nonsense.
ACCORD is defined as go together. It is also defined as harmony of people’s opinions or actions or characters. It is also defined as allow to have. It is also defined as concurrence of opinion. It is also defined as a written agreement between two states or sovereigns. It is also defined as sympathetic compatibility.
ARCO is defined as (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow.
BACK is defined as a support that you can lean against while sitting. It is also defined as give support or one’s approval to. It is also defined as establish as valid or genuine. It is also defined as the side that goes last or is not normally seen. It is also defined as the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book. It is also defined as the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord. It is also defined as the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine. It is also defined as in or to or toward a past time. It is also defined as place a bet on. It is also defined as be behind; approve of. It is also defined as located at or near the back of an animal. It is also defined as the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer. It is also defined as at or to or toward the back or rear. It is also defined as (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage. It is also defined as be in back of. It is also defined as cause to travel backward. It is also defined as (football) a person who plays in the backfield. It is also defined as of an earlier date. It is also defined as related to or located at the back. It is also defined as shift to a counterclockwise direction. It is also defined as strengthen by providing with a back or backing. It is also defined as support financial backing for. It is also defined as the part of a garment that covers the back of your body. It is also defined as travel backward.
The word BARBACK has no known definition.
The word BARBACOA has no known definition.
BARRACK is defined as laugh at with contempt and derision. It is also defined as spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts. It is also defined as a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. It is also defined as lodge in barracks.
BOCK is defined as a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring.
The word BOOKRACK has no known definition.
CACAO is defined as tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
The word CARB has no known definition.
CARD is defined as a list of dishes available at a restaurant. It is also defined as a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited. It is also defined as a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. It is also defined as (golf) a record of scores (as in golf). It is also defined as a witty amusing person who makes jokes. It is also defined as (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat. It is also defined as separate the fibers of. It is also defined as a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer’s capabilities. It is also defined as a card certifying the identity of the bearer. It is also defined as a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures). It is also defined as ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor. It is also defined as one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes. It is also defined as thin cardboard, usually rectangular.
CARDBOARD is defined as a stiff moderately thick paper. It is also defined as without substance.
CAROB is defined as long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute. It is also defined as powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute. It is also defined as evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob.
COBRA is defined as venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
COCA is defined as a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine. It is also defined as United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001). It is also defined as dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect.
COCK is defined as faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid. It is also defined as the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled. It is also defined as adult male chicken. It is also defined as to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. It is also defined as obscene terms for penis. It is also defined as adult male bird. It is also defined as set the trigger of a firearm back for firing. It is also defined as tilt or slant to one side.
COCOA is defined as a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot. It is also defined as powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed.
CODA is defined as the closing section of a musical composition.
COOK is defined as tamper, with the purpose of deception. It is also defined as English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779). It is also defined as prepare for eating by applying heat. It is also defined as prepare a hot meal. It is also defined as someone who cooks food. It is also defined as transform and make suitable for consumption by heating. It is also defined as transform by heating.
COOKBOOK is defined as a book of recipes and cooking directions.
CORD is defined as a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton. It is also defined as a light insulated conductor for household use. It is also defined as a line made of twisted fibers or threads. It is also defined as a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet. It is also defined as bind or tie with a cord. It is also defined as stack in cords.
CORK is defined as the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle). It is also defined as close a bottle with a cork. It is also defined as a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line. It is also defined as (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells. It is also defined as a port city in southern Ireland. It is also defined as outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.. It is also defined as stuff with cork.
CRAB is defined as a quarrelsome grouch. It is also defined as a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body. It is also defined as the edible flesh of any of various crabs. It is also defined as complain. It is also defined as the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22. It is also defined as (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer. It is also defined as a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply. It is also defined as decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers. It is also defined as direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. It is also defined as fish for crab. It is also defined as scurry sideways like a crab.
CRACK is defined as a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive. It is also defined as a long narrow opening. It is also defined as a usually brief attempt. It is also defined as a narrow opening. It is also defined as become fractured; break or crack on the surface only. It is also defined as suffer a nervous breakdown. It is also defined as a chance to do something. It is also defined as break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension. It is also defined as witty remark. It is also defined as pass through (a barrier). It is also defined as make a sharp sound. It is also defined as of the highest quality. It is also defined as a long narrow depression in a surface. It is also defined as a sudden sharp noise. It is also defined as the act of cracking something. It is also defined as a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts. It is also defined as break into simpler molecules by means of heat. It is also defined as break partially but keep its integrity. It is also defined as cause to become cracked. It is also defined as gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions. It is also defined as hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise. It is also defined as make a very sharp explosive sound. It is also defined as reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking. It is also defined as tell spontaneously.
CROAK is defined as a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog). It is also defined as pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. It is also defined as utter a hoarse sound, like a raven. It is also defined as make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath.
The word CROC has no known definition.
CROCK is defined as an earthen jar (made of baked clay). It is also defined as a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink. It is also defined as nonsense; foolish talk. It is also defined as release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric. It is also defined as soil with or as with crock.
CROOK is defined as a circular segment of a curve. It is also defined as someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. It is also defined as bend or cause to bend. It is also defined as a long staff with one end being hook shaped.
DOCK is defined as a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats. It is also defined as a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded. It is also defined as landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out. It is also defined as a short or shortened tail of certain animals. It is also defined as any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine. It is also defined as remove or shorten the tail of an animal. It is also defined as an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial. It is also defined as come into dock. It is also defined as deduct from someone’s wages. It is also defined as deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty. It is also defined as maneuver into a dock. It is also defined as the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair.
ORCA is defined as predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
RACK is defined as an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims. It is also defined as torment emotionally or mentally. It is also defined as a support for displaying various articles. It is also defined as go at a rack. It is also defined as a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately. It is also defined as the destruction or collapse of something. It is also defined as obtain by coercion or intimidation. It is also defined as run before a gale. It is also defined as a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body. It is also defined as draw off from the lees. It is also defined as fly in high wind. It is also defined as framework for holding objects. It is also defined as put on a rack and pinion. It is also defined as rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton. It is also defined as seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block. It is also defined as stretch to the limits. It is also defined as torture on the rack. It is also defined as work on a rack.
ROCK is defined as move back and forth or sideways. It is also defined as hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint). It is also defined as pitching dangerously to one side. It is also defined as material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’s crust. It is also defined as cause to move back and forth. It is also defined as United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984). It is also defined as a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western. It is also defined as a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. It is also defined as (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable.
ROCOCO is defined as fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century. It is also defined as having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
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