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Today’s pangram is CORNBALL.
The word CORNBALL has no known definition.
ACORN is defined as fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base.
The word ARCANA has no known definition.
ARCO is defined as (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow.
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.
The word BANC has no known definition.
The word BARBACOA has no known definition.
BLOC is defined as a group of countries in special alliance.
BRONC is defined as an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
BRONCO is defined as an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
CABAL is defined as a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue. It is also defined as engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together. It is also defined as a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot).
CABALA is defined as an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret. It is also defined as an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
CABANA is defined as a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
CACAO is defined as tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
CALL is defined as assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to. It is also defined as make a prediction about; tell in advance. It is also defined as order, request, or command to come. It is also defined as utter a sudden loud cry. It is also defined as pay a brief visit. It is also defined as the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. It is also defined as a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement. It is also defined as a demand especially in the phrase. It is also defined as a telephone connection. It is also defined as a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. It is also defined as greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name. It is also defined as demand payment of (a loan). It is also defined as give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance. It is also defined as get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. It is also defined as the characteristic sound produced by a bird. It is also defined as make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands. It is also defined as a brief social visit. It is also defined as a demand for a show of hands in a card game. It is also defined as an instruction that interrupts the program being executed. It is also defined as a request. It is also defined as ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality. It is also defined as a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course. It is also defined as a visit in an official or professional capacity. It is also defined as call a meeting; invite or command to meet. It is also defined as challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense. It is also defined as challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of. It is also defined as consider or regard as being. It is also defined as declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee. It is also defined as indicate a decision in regard to. It is also defined as lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal. It is also defined as make a stop in a harbour. It is also defined as order or request or give a command for. It is also defined as order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role. It is also defined as read aloud to check for omissions or absentees. It is also defined as require the presentation of for redemption before maturation. It is also defined as rouse somebody from sleep with a call. It is also defined as send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message. It is also defined as (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee. It is also defined as stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather. It is also defined as utter a characteristic note or cry. It is also defined as utter in a loud voice or announce.
CALLA is defined as water arum. It is also defined as South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
The word CALLALOO has no known definition.
CANAL is defined as a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance. It is also defined as provide (a city) with a canal. It is also defined as (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion. It is also defined as long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation.
CANCAN is defined as a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
CANNA is defined as any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
CANNON is defined as lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals. It is also defined as a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other. It is also defined as a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels. It is also defined as fire a cannon. It is also defined as heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane. It is also defined as heavy gun fired from a tank. It is also defined as make a cannon. It is also defined as (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm.
CANNONBALL is defined as a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon.
CANOLA is defined as vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids.
CANON is defined as a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall. It is also defined as a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired. It is also defined as a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. It is also defined as a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts. It is also defined as a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter. It is also defined as a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy.
The word CARB has no known definition.
CARBON is defined as a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper. It is also defined as a copy made with carbon paper. It is also defined as an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds.
CARBONARA is defined as sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese.
CARNAL is defined as marked by the appetites and passions of the body. It is also defined as of or relating to the body or flesh.
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.
CAROL is defined as joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ. It is also defined as a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ). It is also defined as sing carols.
CLAN is defined as group of people related by blood or marriage.
CLOACA is defined as a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water. It is also defined as (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open.
COAL is defined as burn to charcoal. It is also defined as a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering. It is also defined as fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period. It is also defined as supply with coal. It is also defined as take in coal.
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.
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.
COCOON is defined as retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment. It is also defined as silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs. It is also defined as wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection.
COLA is defined as carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope’ is a southernism in the United States). It is also defined as large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
The word COLCANNON has no known definition.
The word COLLAB has no known definition.
COLLAR is defined as a figurative restraint. It is also defined as take into custody. It is also defined as a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over. It is also defined as the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal). It is also defined as necklace that fits tightly around a woman’s neck. It is also defined as the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot. It is also defined as a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal’s neck as a harness or to identify it. It is also defined as anything worn or placed about the neck. It is also defined as a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part. It is also defined as furnish with a collar. It is also defined as seize by the neck or collar. It is also defined as (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal.
COLON is defined as the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos. It is also defined as the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos. It is also defined as a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. It is also defined as a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter). It is also defined as the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
COLOR is defined as any material used for its color. It is also defined as (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction. It is also defined as having or capable of producing colors. It is also defined as decorate with colors. It is also defined as give a deceptive explanation or excuse for. It is also defined as change color, often in an undesired manner. It is also defined as the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person’s perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation. It is also defined as interest and variety and intensity. It is also defined as modify or bias. It is also defined as an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading. It is also defined as the timbre of a musical sound. It is also defined as a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect. It is also defined as affect as in thought or feeling. It is also defined as add color to.
COOL is defined as great coolness and composure under strain. It is also defined as marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional. It is also defined as make cool or cooler. It is also defined as loose heat. It is also defined as lose intensity. It is also defined as being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. It is also defined as fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept. It is also defined as inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color. It is also defined as neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat. It is also defined as psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike. It is also defined as the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature. It is also defined as used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis.
CORAL is defined as the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry. It is also defined as a variable color averaging a deep pink. It is also defined as marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs. It is also defined as of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color. It is also defined as unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces.
CORN is defined as a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes. It is also defined as tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times. It is also defined as ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. It is also defined as whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn. It is also defined as feed (cattle) with corn. It is also defined as (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region–wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland). It is also defined as preserve with salt. It is also defined as something sentimental or trite. It is also defined as the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal.
CORNCOB is defined as the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.
COROLLA is defined as (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
CORONA is defined as the outermost region of the sun’s atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. It is also defined as an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere. It is also defined as a long cigar with blunt ends. It is also defined as (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape. It is also defined as (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower. It is also defined as one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object.
CORONAL is defined as flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
CORRAL is defined as a pen for cattle. It is also defined as arrange wagons so that they form a corral. It is also defined as collect or gather. It is also defined as enclose in a corral.
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.
The word CROC has no known definition.
CROON is defined as sing softly.
LOCAL is defined as anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body. It is also defined as affecting only a restricted part or area of the body. It is also defined as public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops. It is also defined as relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area. It is also defined as of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood.
LOCO is defined as informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
NARC is defined as a lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
The word NARCO has no known definition.
The word NONLOCAL has no known definition.
ORCA is defined as predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
RACCOON is defined as an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America. It is also defined as the fur of the North American racoon.
RANCOR is defined as a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
The word ROBOCALL has no known definition.
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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