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Today’s pangram is ALCHEMY.
ALCHEMY is defined as the way two individuals relate to each other. It is also defined as a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times.
ALLAY is defined as satisfy (thirst). It is also defined as lessen the intensity of or calm.
ALLELE is defined as (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character.
ALLEY is defined as a narrow street with walls on both sides. It is also defined as a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins.
ALLY is defined as an associate who provides cooperation or assistance. It is also defined as a friendly nation. It is also defined as become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage.
AMYL is defined as a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds.
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.
CALM is defined as steadiness of mind under stress. It is also defined as wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale. It is also defined as make calm or still. It is also defined as become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation. It is also defined as cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. It is also defined as not agitated; without losing self-possession. It is also defined as make steady. It is also defined as (of weather) free from storm or wind.
CALMLY is defined as in a sedate manner. It is also defined as with self-possession (especially in times of stress).
CAMEL is defined as cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
CELL is defined as a room where a prisoner is kept. It is also defined as small room in which a monk or nun lives. It is also defined as a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction. It is also defined as a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver. It is also defined as a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement. It is also defined as any small compartment. It is also defined as (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals.
CHALLAH is defined as (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking.
CLAM is defined as a piece of paper money worth one dollar. It is also defined as burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness. It is also defined as flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams. It is also defined as gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean.
CLAMMY is defined as unpleasantly cool and humid.
CLAY is defined as the dead body of a human being. It is also defined as United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852). It is also defined as United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978). It is also defined as water soaked soil; soft wet earth. It is also defined as a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
CLAYEY is defined as resembling or containing clay. It is also defined as (used of soil) compact and fine-grained.
CYCLE is defined as an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs. It is also defined as ride a motorcycle. It is also defined as the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz). It is also defined as ride a bicycle. It is also defined as a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. It is also defined as a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon. It is also defined as a periodically repeated sequence of events. It is also defined as a series of poems or songs on the same theme. It is also defined as cause to go through a recurring sequence. It is also defined as pass through a cycle. It is also defined as recur in repeating sequences.
The word EELY has no known definition.
HALAL is defined as conforming to dietary laws. It is also defined as (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah. It is also defined as proper or legitimate.
HALE is defined as prolific United States writer (1822-1909). It is also defined as to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means. It is also defined as United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938). It is also defined as a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country’ (1755-1776). It is also defined as draw slowly or heavily. It is also defined as exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
HALL is defined as United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914). It is also defined as a large entrance or reception room or area. It is also defined as a college or university building containing living quarters for students. It is also defined as United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924). It is also defined as a large and imposing house. It is also defined as an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open. It is also defined as English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943). It is also defined as the large room of a manor or castle. It is also defined as United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907). It is also defined as United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871). It is also defined as a large building for meetings or entertainment. It is also defined as a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research. It is also defined as a large room for gatherings or entertainment.
HEAL is defined as provide a cure for, make healthy again. It is also defined as heal or recover. It is also defined as get healthy again.
HEEL is defined as someone who is morally reprehensible. It is also defined as put a new heel on. It is also defined as tilt to one side. It is also defined as follow at the heels of a person. It is also defined as (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft. It is also defined as one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread. It is also defined as perform with the heels. It is also defined as strike with the heel of the club. It is also defined as the back part of the human foot. It is also defined as the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation. It is also defined as the lower end of a ship’s mast.
HELL is defined as (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. It is also defined as (religion) the world of the dead. It is also defined as noisy and unrestrained mischief. It is also defined as any place of pain and turmoil. It is also defined as a cause of difficulty and suffering.
HELM is defined as be at or take the helm of. It is also defined as (figurative) a position of leadership. It is also defined as steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered.
LACE is defined as add alcohol to (beverages). It is also defined as spin, wind, or twist together. It is also defined as draw through eyes or holes. It is also defined as make by braiding or interlacing. It is also defined as a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). It is also defined as a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns. It is also defined as do lacework.
LACY is defined as made of or resembling lace. It is also defined as having open interstices or resembling a web.
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.
LEACH is defined as permeate or penetrate gradually. It is also defined as remove substances from by a percolating liquid. It is also defined as the process of leaching. It is also defined as cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate.
LECH is defined as man with strong sexual desires.
LEECH is defined as a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. It is also defined as draw blood. It is also defined as carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
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.
LYCHEE is defined as Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
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.
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.
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.
YELL is defined as utter a sudden loud cry. It is also defined as utter or declare in a very loud voice. It is also defined as a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate). It is also defined as a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition.
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