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Today’s pangrams are HOMOPHONIC and MONOPHONIC.
HOMOPHONIC is defined as having a single melodic line with accompaniment. It is also defined as having the same sound.
MONOPHONIC is defined as designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel. It is also defined as consisting of a single melodic line.
CHIC is defined as elegance by virtue of being fashionable. It is also defined as elegant and stylish.
CHICHI is defined as elegance by virtue of being fashionable. It is also defined as affectedly trendy and fashionable. It is also defined as someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way.
CHIMP is defined as intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests.
CHIN is defined as the protruding part of the lower jaw. It is also defined as Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India. It is also defined as raise oneself while hanging from one’s hands until one’s chin is level with the support bar.
CHINO is defined as a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms.
CHIP is defined as the act of chipping something. It is also defined as a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling. It is also defined as electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit. It is also defined as a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something. It is also defined as (golf) a low running approach shot. It is also defined as a piece of dried bovine dung. It is also defined as break off (a piece from a whole). It is also defined as a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. It is also defined as cut a nick into. It is also defined as a small fragment of something broken off from the whole. It is also defined as break a small piece off from. It is also defined as a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line. It is also defined as form by chipping. It is also defined as play a chip shot.
CHOMP is defined as chew noisily. It is also defined as the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.
CHOP is defined as cut into pieces. It is also defined as a grounder that bounces high in the air. It is also defined as cut with a hacking tool. It is also defined as a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball. It is also defined as a jaw. It is also defined as a small cut of meat including part of a rib. It is also defined as form or shape by chopping. It is also defined as hit sharply. It is also defined as move suddenly. It is also defined as strike sharply, as in some sports. It is also defined as the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide).
CINCH is defined as stable gear consisting of a band around a horse’s belly that holds the saddle in place. It is also defined as tie a cinch around. It is also defined as any undertaking that is easy to do. It is also defined as a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps. It is also defined as get a grip on; get mastery of. It is also defined as make sure of.
The word CIOPPINO has no known definition.
COCCI is defined as any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
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.
COHO is defined as small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes. It is also defined as fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
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.
COMIC is defined as arousing or provoking laughter. It is also defined as a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. It is also defined as of or relating to or characteristic of comedy.
COMMON is defined as a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. It is also defined as common to or shared by two or more parties. It is also defined as being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language. It is also defined as commonly encountered. It is also defined as lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. It is also defined as of or associated with the great masses of people. It is also defined as of low or inferior quality or value. It is also defined as belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public. It is also defined as having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual. It is also defined as to be expected; standard.
COMP is defined as an intensive examination testing a student’s proficiency in some special field of knowledge.
CONCH is defined as any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip.
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.
COOP is defined as an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept. It is also defined as a farm building for housing poultry.
HONCHO is defined as a person who exercises control over workers.
HOOCH is defined as an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
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.
INCH is defined as a unit of measurement for advertising space. It is also defined as advance slowly, as if by inches. It is also defined as a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.
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.
MIMIC is defined as someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress). It is also defined as imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect. It is also defined as constituting an imitation.
The word MOCHI has no known definition.
MOOCH is defined as ask for and get free; be a parasite. It is also defined as someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
NINCOMPOOP is defined as a stupid foolish person.
NONCOM is defined as a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
PHONIC is defined as of or relating to speech sounds. It is also defined as pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading. It is also defined as relating to speech.
PICNIC is defined as a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering. It is also defined as any undertaking that is easy to do. It is also defined as any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion. It is also defined as eat alfresco, in the open air.
PINCH is defined as irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear. It is also defined as make off with belongings of others. It is also defined as cut the top off. It is also defined as a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action. It is also defined as a slight but appreciable amount. It is also defined as make ridges into by pinching together. It is also defined as the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal). It is also defined as a small sharp bite or snip. It is also defined as a squeeze with the fingers. It is also defined as squeeze tightly between the fingers. It is also defined as an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed. It is also defined as a painful or straitened circumstance.
PONCHO is defined as a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head.
POOCH is defined as round one’s lips as if intending to kiss. It is also defined as informal terms for dogs.
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