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Today’s pangram is MAYPOLE.
MAYPOLE is defined as a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day.
AMMO is defined as projectiles to be fired from a gun.
AMPLE is defined as fairly large in size. It is also defined as affording an abundant supply. It is also defined as more than enough in size or scope or capacity.
AMPLY is defined as to an ample degree or in an ample manner. It is also defined as sufficiently; more than adequately.
AMYL is defined as a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds.
EMPLOY is defined as engage or hire for work. It is also defined as the state of being employed or having a job. It is also defined as put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
EMPLOYEE is defined as a worker who is hired to perform a job.
LAMA is defined as llamas. It is also defined as a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
LAME is defined as deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg. It is also defined as someone who doesn’t understand what is going on. It is also defined as pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. It is also defined as disabled in the feet or legs. It is also defined as a fabric interwoven with threads of metal.
LAMELY is defined as in a weak and unconvincing manner.
LAMP is defined as an artificial source of visible illumination. It is also defined as a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs.
LEMMA is defined as the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae. It is also defined as a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition. It is also defined as the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.
LLAMA is defined as wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
LOAM is defined as a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
LOAMY is defined as consisting of or having the character of loam.
LOOM is defined as appear very large or occupy a commanding position. It is also defined as hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. It is also defined as a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile. It is also defined as come into view indistinctly, often threateningly. It is also defined as weave on a loom.
MALE is defined as characteristic of a man. It is also defined as a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies. It is also defined as an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova). It is also defined as being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation. It is also defined as for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys. It is also defined as the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands.
MALL is defined as mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace. It is also defined as a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
MAMA is defined as informal terms for a mother. It is also defined as a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
MAMMA is defined as milk-secreting organ of female mammals. It is also defined as informal terms for a mother.
MAMMAL is defined as any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk.
MAPLE is defined as any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone. It is also defined as wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring.
MAYO is defined as egg yolks and oil and vinegar.
MEAL is defined as the food served and eaten at one time. It is also defined as any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times. It is also defined as coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.
MEALY is defined as composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. It is also defined as containing meal or made of meal.
MELEE is defined as a noisy riotous fight.
MEME is defined as a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation).
MEMO is defined as a written proposal or reminder.
MOLE is defined as a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away. It is also defined as the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites. It is also defined as a spy who works against enemy espionage. It is also defined as a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin. It is also defined as small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet. It is also defined as spicy sauce often containing chocolate.
MOLL is defined as the girlfriend of a gangster.
MOLLY is defined as popular aquarium fish.
MOMMA is defined as informal terms for a mother.
MOMMY is defined as informal terms for a mother.
The word MOOLA has no known definition.
MOPE is defined as be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed. It is also defined as someone who wastes time. It is also defined as move around slowly and aimlessly.
The word MOPEY has no known definition.
MYELOMA is defined as a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow.
MYOPE is defined as a person with myopia; a nearsighted person.
PALM is defined as an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. It is also defined as touch, lift, or hold with the hands. It is also defined as the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. It is also defined as any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves. It is also defined as a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand.
PALMY is defined as very lively and profitable.
The word PAMPA has no known definition.
POEM is defined as a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
POME is defined as a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part.
POMELO is defined as southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits. It is also defined as large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp.
POMMEL is defined as handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle. It is also defined as an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger. It is also defined as strike, usually with the fist. It is also defined as a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse.
POMP is defined as ceremonial elegance and splendor. It is also defined as cheap or pretentious or vain display.
The word POMPOM has no known definition.
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