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Today’s pangram is PAYMENT.
PAYMENT is defined as the act of paying money. It is also defined as an act of requiting; returning in kind. It is also defined as a sum of money paid or a claim discharged.
ANTE is defined as place one’s stake. It is also defined as (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot.
ANTENNA is defined as one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste. It is also defined as sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ. It is also defined as an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.
The word ANTENNAE has no known definition.
ATTEMPT is defined as make an effort or attempt. It is also defined as enter upon an activity or enterprise. It is also defined as the act of attacking. It is also defined as earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
The word EATEN has no known definition.
EMANATE is defined as give out (breath or an odor). It is also defined as proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
EMPTY is defined as leave behind empty; move out of. It is also defined as excrete or discharge from the body. It is also defined as needing nourishment. It is also defined as devoid of significance or force. It is also defined as become empty or void of its content. It is also defined as a container that has been emptied. It is also defined as emptied of emotion. It is also defined as holding or containing nothing. It is also defined as make void or empty of contents. It is also defined as remove.
ENTENTE is defined as a friendly understanding between political powers. It is also defined as an informal alliance between countries.
MANATEE is defined as sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded.
MANTA is defined as extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned. It is also defined as a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
MATE is defined as the officer below the master on a commercial ship. It is also defined as a person’s partner in marriage. It is also defined as a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent’s king. It is also defined as one of a pair. It is also defined as South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea. It is also defined as place an opponent’s king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game. It is also defined as a fellow member of a team. It is also defined as engage in sexual intercourse. It is also defined as bring two objects, ideas, or people together. It is also defined as an exact duplicate. It is also defined as informal term for a friend of the same sex. It is also defined as South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. It is also defined as the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner).
MATEY is defined as (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals.
MATTE is defined as change texture so as to become matted and felt-like. It is also defined as not reflecting light; not glossy. It is also defined as the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss. It is also defined as a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted.
The word MEANT has no known definition.
MEAT is defined as the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. It is also defined as the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone. It is also defined as the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
MEATY is defined as being on topic and prompting thought. It is also defined as like or containing meat.
MEET is defined as contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. It is also defined as experience as a reaction. It is also defined as collect in one place. It is also defined as a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held. It is also defined as be adjacent or come together. It is also defined as undergo or suffer. It is also defined as fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. It is also defined as come together. It is also defined as be in direct physical contact with; make contact. It is also defined as being precisely fitting and right. It is also defined as get together socially or for a specific purpose. It is also defined as meet by design; be present at the arrival of.
The word MENTEE has no known definition.
The word META has no known definition.
METE is defined as a line that indicates a boundary.
The word NAMETAPE has no known definition.
The word NATANT has no known definition.
NATTY is defined as marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
NEAT is defined as free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed. It is also defined as clean or organized. It is also defined as superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject. It is also defined as very good. It is also defined as (of an alcoholic drink) without water. It is also defined as showing care in execution.
NEATEN is defined as put (things or places) in order. It is also defined as care for one’s external appearance.
The word NETTY has no known definition.
PANT is defined as a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open. It is also defined as (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately. It is also defined as breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. It is also defined as the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine). It is also defined as utter while panting, as if out of breath.
PANTY is defined as short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).
PATE is defined as the top of the head. It is also defined as liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
PATENT is defined as clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. It is also defined as an official document granting a right or privilege. It is also defined as a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention. It is also defined as grant rights to; grant a patent for. It is also defined as make open to sight or notice. It is also defined as obtain a patent for. It is also defined as (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage.
PATENTEE is defined as the inventor to whom a patent is issued.
PATTY is defined as small flat mass of chopped food. It is also defined as round flat candy. It is also defined as small pie or pasty.
PEAT is defined as partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried.
PEATY is defined as of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat.
PENNANT is defined as a long flag; often tapering. It is also defined as the award given to the champion. It is also defined as a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering).
PENT is defined as closely confined.
The word PENTANE has no known definition.
PETTY is defined as contemptibly narrow in outlook. It is also defined as (informal) small and of little importance. It is also defined as larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale). It is also defined as inferior in rank or status.
TAME is defined as correct by punishment or discipline. It is also defined as make less strong or intense; soften. It is also defined as overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable. It is also defined as brought from wildness into a domesticated state. It is also defined as very docile. It is also defined as make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans. It is also defined as adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. It is also defined as flat and uninspiring. It is also defined as very restrained or quiet.
TAMP is defined as press down tightly. It is also defined as a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
TAPA is defined as a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark. It is also defined as the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
TAPE is defined as measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths. It is also defined as a recording made on magnetic tape. It is also defined as register electronically. It is also defined as record on videotape. It is also defined as memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information. It is also defined as a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening. It is also defined as fasten or attach with tape. It is also defined as the finishing line for a foot race.
TATTY is defined as tastelessly showy. It is also defined as showing signs of wear and tear.
TEAM is defined as form a team. It is also defined as a cooperative unit (especially in sports). It is also defined as two or more draft animals that work together to pull something.
TEAMMATE is defined as a fellow member of a team.
TEAT is defined as the small projection of a mammary gland.
TEEM is defined as be teeming, be abuzz. It is also defined as move in large numbers.
TEEN is defined as being of the age 13 through 19. It is also defined as a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
TEENY is defined as (used informally) very small.
TEEPEE is defined as a Native American tent; usually of conical shape.
TEMP is defined as a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
TEMPT is defined as induce into action by using one’s charm. It is also defined as provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. It is also defined as dispose or incline or entice to. It is also defined as give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting. It is also defined as try presumptuously. It is also defined as try to seduce.
TENANT is defined as someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else. It is also defined as a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease). It is also defined as any occupant who dwells in a place. It is also defined as occupy as a tenant.
TENEMENT is defined as a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
TENET is defined as a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
TENT is defined as a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs). It is also defined as live in or as if in a tent. It is also defined as a web that resembles a tent or carpet.
TEPEE is defined as a Native American tent; usually of conical shape.
TYPE is defined as a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). It is also defined as identify as belonging to a certain type. It is also defined as write by means of a keyboard with types. It is also defined as all of the tokens of the same symbol. It is also defined as a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper. It is also defined as a subdivision of a particular kind of thing. It is also defined as (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon. It is also defined as printed characters.
YENTA is defined as (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant. It is also defined as (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal.
The word YENTE has no known definition.
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