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Today’s pangrams are CONVIVIAL and VOLCANIC.
CONVIVIAL is defined as occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.
VOLCANIC is defined as explosively unstable. It is also defined as igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth’s surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt. It is also defined as relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes.
ANVIL is defined as the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes. It is also defined as a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
AVAIL is defined as a means of serving. It is also defined as take or use. It is also defined as be of use to, be useful to. It is also defined as use to one’s advantage.
AVIAN is defined as pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
The word CAVA has no known definition.
CAVIL is defined as raise trivial objections. It is also defined as an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections.
CIVIC is defined as of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. It is also defined as of or relating or belonging to a city.
CIVIL is defined as not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others. It is also defined as of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. It is also defined as applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military. It is also defined as of or in a condition of social order. It is also defined as (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life. It is also defined as of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state.
CIVILIAN is defined as a nonmilitary citizen. It is also defined as associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military.
LAVA is defined as rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface.
NAVAL is defined as connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
The word NONVOCAL has no known definition.
NOVA is defined as a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process.
OVAL is defined as rounded like an egg. It is also defined as a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
VAIN is defined as unproductive of success. It is also defined as characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
VANILLA is defined as a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans). It is also defined as a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans. It is also defined as any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers. It is also defined as plain and without any extras or adornments. It is also defined as flavored with vanilla extract.
VANILLIN is defined as a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings.
VIAL is defined as a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
VILLA is defined as Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923). It is also defined as country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard. It is also defined as detached or semidetached suburban house. It is also defined as pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds.
VILLAIN is defined as a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately. It is also defined as the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction.
VIOL is defined as any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.
VIOLA is defined as large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions. It is also defined as a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower. It is also defined as any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
VIOLIN is defined as bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow.
VOCAL is defined as given to expressing yourself freely or insistently. It is also defined as a short musical composition with words. It is also defined as music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment. It is also defined as full of the sound of voices. It is also defined as relating to or designed for or using the singing voice. It is also defined as having or using the power to produce speech or sound.
VOCALIC is defined as being or containing or characterized by vowels. It is also defined as relating to or associated with or containing a vowel.
The word VOILA has no known definition.
VOLCANO is defined as a fissure in the earth’s crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. It is also defined as a mountain formed by volcanic material.
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