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Today’s pangrams are UNCLOGGING and UNCOILING.
The word UNCLOGGING has no known definition.
The word UNCOILING has no known definition.
CLING is defined as fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. It is also defined as hold on tightly or tenaciously. It is also defined as come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.
The word CLINGING has no known definition.
CLINIC is defined as a healthcare facility for outpatient care. It is also defined as a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists. It is also defined as meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity.
CLOG is defined as become or cause to become obstructed. It is also defined as impede with a clog or as if with a clog. It is also defined as footwear usually with wooden soles. It is also defined as a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps. It is also defined as fill to excess so that function is impaired. It is also defined as coalesce or unite in a mass. It is also defined as any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction. It is also defined as dance a clog dance. It is also defined as impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden.
CLOGGING is defined as preventing movement.
CLONING is defined as a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell).
The word CLUING has no known definition.
The word CLUNG has no known definition.
COCCI is defined as any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
COCOON is defined as retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment. It is also defined as silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs. It is also defined as wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection.
COCOONING is defined as retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape).
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.
COILING is defined as in the shape of a coil.
COIN is defined as form by stamping, punching, or printing. It is also defined as a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. It is also defined as make up.
The word COINING has no known definition.
COLIC is defined as acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
COLON is defined as the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos. It is also defined as the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos. It is also defined as a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. It is also defined as a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter). It is also defined as the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
COLONIC is defined as a water enema given to flush out the colon. It is also defined as of or relating to the colon.
CONIC is defined as (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone. It is also defined as relating to or resembling a cone.
The word CONNING has no known definition.
The word COOING has no known definition.
COOL is defined as great coolness and composure under strain. It is also defined as marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional. It is also defined as make cool or cooler. It is also defined as loose heat. It is also defined as lose intensity. It is also defined as being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. It is also defined as fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept. It is also defined as inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color. It is also defined as neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat. It is also defined as psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike. It is also defined as the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature. It is also defined as used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis.
COOLING is defined as the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. It is also defined as a mechanism for keeping something cool.
COUNCIL is defined as a body serving in an administrative capacity. It is also defined as a meeting of people for consultation. It is also defined as (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine.
The word CUING has no known definition.
CULL is defined as look for and gather. It is also defined as the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. It is also defined as remove something that has been rejected.
The word CULLING has no known definition.
CUNNING is defined as shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. It is also defined as showing inventiveness and skill. It is also defined as marked by skill in deception. It is also defined as attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness. It is also defined as crafty artfulness (especially in deception).
ICING is defined as (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent’s goal. It is also defined as a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes. It is also defined as the formation of frost or ice on a surface.
ICON is defined as a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. It is also defined as a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church. It is also defined as (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
ICONIC is defined as relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
ILLOGIC is defined as invalid or incorrect reasoning.
INCLINING is defined as the act of inclining; bending forward.
IONIC is defined as the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia. It is also defined as containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions. It is also defined as of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture. It is also defined as of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language.
The word LOCI has no known definition.
LOCO is defined as informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
LOGIC is defined as a system of reasoning. It is also defined as reasoned and reasonable judgment. It is also defined as the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference. It is also defined as the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation. It is also defined as the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine’s representation of logical operations.
NUNCIO is defined as (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status.
The word OCULI has no known definition.
UNCLOG is defined as become or cause to become unobstructed.
UNCOIL is defined as unwind or untwist.
UNCOOL is defined as (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring.
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