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Today’s pangram is COLLECTIVE.
COLLECTIVE is defined as done by or characteristic of individuals acting together. It is also defined as forming a whole or aggregate. It is also defined as members of a cooperative enterprise. It is also defined as set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government.
The word CELLI has no known definition.
CITE is defined as refer to for illustration or proof. It is also defined as a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. It is also defined as advance evidence for. It is also defined as repeat a passage from. It is also defined as call in an official matter, such as to attend court. It is also defined as refer to. It is also defined as make reference to. It is also defined as commend.
CIVET is defined as cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes.
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.
COCCI is defined as any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
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.
COLIC is defined as acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
COLLIE is defined as a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland.
COOTIE is defined as a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings.
ECLECTIC is defined as someone who selects according to the eclectic method. It is also defined as selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas.
ELECTIVE is defined as a course that the student can select from among alternatives. It is also defined as not compulsory. It is also defined as subject to popular election.
ELICIT is defined as call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). It is also defined as deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). It is also defined as derive by reason.
ELITE is defined as selected as the best. It is also defined as a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status.
EVICT is defined as expel from one’s property or force to move out by a legal process. It is also defined as expel or eject without recourse to legal process.
The word EVICTEE has no known definition.
EVIL is defined as morally objectionable behavior. It is also defined as having the nature of vice. It is also defined as having or exerting a malignant influence. It is also defined as the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice. It is also defined as morally bad or wrong. It is also defined as that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune.
ICICLE is defined as ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water.
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 LICE has no known definition.
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.
LILT is defined as a jaunty rhythm in music. It is also defined as articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way.
LITE is defined as having relatively few calories.
LITTLE is defined as (informal) small and of little importance. It is also defined as lowercase. It is also defined as low in stature; not tall. It is also defined as (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a’) at least some. It is also defined as (of children and animals) young, immature. It is also defined as (of a voice) faint. It is also defined as limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent. It is also defined as a small amount or duration. It is also defined as small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context).
LIVE is defined as actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing. It is also defined as have life, be alive. It is also defined as capable of erupting. It is also defined as possessing life. It is also defined as elastic; rebounds readily. It is also defined as be an inhabitant of or reside in. It is also defined as support oneself. It is also defined as continue to live and avoid dying. It is also defined as charged or energized with electricity. It is also defined as have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations. It is also defined as abounding with life and energy. It is also defined as charged with an explosive. It is also defined as exerting force or containing energy. It is also defined as highly reverberant. It is also defined as in current use or ready for use. It is also defined as lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style. It is also defined as of current relevance. It is also defined as pursue a positive and satisfying existence.
The word LOCI has no known definition.
The word OLEIC has no known definition.
The word OLIO has no known definition.
OLIVE is defined as evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits. It is also defined as a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation. It is also defined as hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork. It is also defined as of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive. It is also defined as one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish. It is also defined as small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil.
The word OLLIE has no known definition.
TILE is defined as a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing. It is also defined as a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces. It is also defined as cover with tiles. It is also defined as game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc..
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.
TITLE is defined as a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with. It is also defined as designate by an identifying term. It is also defined as a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it. It is also defined as the status of being a champion. It is also defined as an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.’ or `General’. It is also defined as an established or recognized right. It is also defined as an informal right to something. It is also defined as give a title to. It is also defined as a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work. It is also defined as an appellation signifying nobility. It is also defined as the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.. It is also defined as (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action.
TITTLE is defined as a tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
TOIL is defined as productive work (especially physical work done for wages). It is also defined as work hard.
The word TOILE has no known definition.
TOILET is defined as a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. It is also defined as misfortune resulting in lost effort or money. It is also defined as a room or building equipped with one or more toilets. It is also defined as the act of dressing and preparing yourself.
TOILETTE is defined as the act of dressing and preparing yourself.
VEIL is defined as make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. It is also defined as a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl. It is also defined as the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth). It is also defined as a garment that covers the head and face. It is also defined as a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms. It is also defined as to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil.
VICE is defined as moral weakness. It is also defined as a specific form of evildoing.
VILE is defined as causing or able to cause nausea. It is also defined as morally reprehensible.
VIOL is defined as any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.
VIOLET is defined as of a color intermediate between red and blue. It is also defined as a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum. It is also defined as any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers.
VOICE is defined as the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract. It is also defined as the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music. It is also defined as an advocate who represents someone else’s policy or purpose. It is also defined as expressing in coherent verbal form. It is also defined as utter with vibrating vocal chords. It is also defined as a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated. It is also defined as a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance. It is also defined as give voice to. It is also defined as (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes. It is also defined as (metonymy) a singer. It is also defined as something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression. It is also defined as the ability to speak. It is also defined as the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person’s speech.
VOILE is defined as a light semitransparent fabric.
VOTIVE is defined as dedicated in fulfillment of a vow.
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