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Today’s pangrams are CONFLICT and INFLICTION.
CONFLICT is defined as go against, as of rules and laws. It is also defined as an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals). It is also defined as a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war. It is also defined as a disagreement or argument about something important. It is also defined as an incompatibility of dates or events. It is also defined as a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests. It is also defined as be in conflict. It is also defined as opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings. It is also defined as opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot).
INFLICTION is defined as something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. It is also defined as the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo). It is also defined as an act causing pain or damage.
CLIFF is defined as a steep high face of rock.
CLINIC is defined as a healthcare facility for outpatient care. It is also defined as a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists. It is also defined as meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity.
COCCI is defined as any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
COFFIN is defined as box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. It is also defined as place into a coffin.
COIF is defined as the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair). It is also defined as arrange attractively. It is also defined as a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law. It is also defined as cover with a coif.
COIL is defined as a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. It is also defined as wind around something in coils or loops. It is also defined as make without a potter’s wheel. It is also defined as a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). It is also defined as to wind or move in a spiral course. It is also defined as a contraceptive device placed inside a woman’s womb. It is also defined as a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine. It is also defined as reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit. It is also defined as tubing that is wound in a spiral.
COIN is defined as form by stamping, punching, or printing. It is also defined as a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. It is also defined as make up.
COLIC is defined as acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
COLONIC is defined as a water enema given to flush out the colon. It is also defined as of or relating to the colon.
CONCOCTION is defined as the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components. It is also defined as any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. It is also defined as an occurrence of an unusual mixture. It is also defined as the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose.
CONFIT is defined as a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat.
CONIC is defined as (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone. It is also defined as relating to or resembling a cone.
COTILLION is defined as a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century. It is also defined as a ball at which young ladies are presented to society.
FICTION is defined as a deliberately false or improbable account. It is also defined as a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
FILL is defined as make full, also in a metaphorical sense. It is also defined as any material that fills a space or container. It is also defined as occupy the whole of. It is also defined as become full. It is also defined as fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. It is also defined as assume, as of positions or roles. It is also defined as eat until one is sated. It is also defined as fill to satisfaction. It is also defined as appoint someone to (a position or a job). It is also defined as a quantity sufficient to satisfy. It is also defined as plug with a substance.
The word FINITO has no known definition.
FLINT is defined as a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River. It is also defined as showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. It is also defined as a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing. It is also defined as a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony.
FLIT is defined as move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. It is also defined as a sudden quick movement. It is also defined as a secret move (to avoid paying debts).
The word FOCI has no known definition.
FOIL is defined as a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through. It is also defined as anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing’s good qualities. It is also defined as hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. It is also defined as picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector. It is also defined as a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button. It is also defined as a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal. It is also defined as cover or back with foil. It is also defined as enhance by contrast.
The word FOLIC has no known definition.
FOLIO is defined as the system of numbering pages. It is also defined as a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book). It is also defined as a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages.
ICON is defined as a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. It is also defined as a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church. It is also defined as (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
ICONIC is defined as relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
ILLICIT is defined as contrary to or forbidden by law. It is also defined as contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention.
The word INFILL has no known definition.
INFLICT is defined as impose something unpleasant.
INFO is defined as a message received and understood.
INTO is defined as To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications..
IONIC is defined as the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia. It is also defined as containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions. It is also defined as of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture. It is also defined as of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language.
LICIT is defined as authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law. It is also defined as sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality.
LIFT is defined as lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building. It is also defined as raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. It is also defined as the act of raising something. It is also defined as fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means. It is also defined as invigorate or heighten. It is also defined as make off with belongings of others. It is also defined as transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). It is also defined as rise up. It is also defined as cancel officially. It is also defined as perform cosmetic surgery on someone’s face. It is also defined as take illegally. It is also defined as a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground. It is also defined as put an end to. It is also defined as plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised. It is also defined as the event of something being raised upward. It is also defined as raise from a lower to a higher position. It is also defined as move upwards. It is also defined as take without referencing from someone else’s writing or speech; of intellectual property. It is also defined as the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity. It is also defined as move upward. It is also defined as raise in rank or condition. It is also defined as a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill. It is also defined as a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg. It is also defined as a ride in a car. It is also defined as call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs. It is also defined as make audible. It is also defined as one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot. It is also defined as pay off (a mortgage). It is also defined as remove from a seedbed or from a nursery. It is also defined as remove from a surface. It is also defined as remove (hair) by scalping. It is also defined as rise upward, as from pressure or moisture. It is also defined as take hold of something and move it to a different location. It is also defined as take off or away by decreasing. It is also defined as take (root crops) out of the ground. It is also defined as the act of giving temporary assistance.
LIFTOFF is defined as the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad.
LILT is defined as a jaunty rhythm in music. It is also defined as articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way.
LINT is defined as cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds. It is also defined as fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
LION is defined as large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male. It is also defined as (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo. It is also defined as the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22. It is also defined as a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after).
The word LOCI has no known definition.
LOIN is defined as either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds. It is also defined as a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
LOTION is defined as liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin. It is also defined as any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin.
NONFICTION is defined as prose writing that is not fictional.
The word NONILLION has no known definition.
NOTION is defined as a vague idea in which some confidence is placed. It is also defined as an odd or fanciful or capricious idea. It is also defined as a general inclusive concept. It is also defined as (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items.
OCTILLION is defined as the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros.
The word OLIO has no known definition.
ONION is defined as bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb. It is also defined as an aromatic flavorful vegetable. It is also defined as the bulb of an onion plant.
TIFF is defined as a quarrel about petty points.
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.
TINCT is defined as color lightly.
TINFOIL is defined as foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead.
TINT is defined as a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color. It is also defined as a dye for coloring the hair. It is also defined as a just detectable amount. It is also defined as color lightly.
TOIL is defined as productive work (especially physical work done for wages). It is also defined as work hard.
TONIC is defined as a medicine that strengthens and invigorates. It is also defined as (music) the first note of a diatonic scale. It is also defined as employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words. It is also defined as lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine. It is also defined as a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring. It is also defined as (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch. It is also defined as imparting vitality and energy. It is also defined as of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue. It is also defined as relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale.
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