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Today’s pangram is FOLKTALE.
FOLKTALE is defined as a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk.
AFLOAT is defined as aimlessly drifting. It is also defined as covered with water. It is also defined as borne on the water; floating.
AFOOT is defined as currently in progress. It is also defined as traveling by foot. It is also defined as on foot; walking.
ALFALFA is defined as important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop. It is also defined as leguminous plant grown for hay or forage.
ALOFT is defined as
ALOOF is defined as remote in manner. It is also defined as in an aloof manner.
EFFETE is defined as affected, overrefined, and effeminate. It is also defined as deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective.
FAKE is defined as tamper, with the purpose of deception. It is also defined as something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. It is also defined as not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article. It is also defined as make a copy of with the intent to deceive. It is also defined as fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. It is also defined as a person who makes deceitful pretenses. It is also defined as speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths. It is also defined as (football) a deceptive move made by a football player.
FALAFEL is defined as small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
FALL is defined as move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. It is also defined as the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions). It is also defined as come into the possession of. It is also defined as when a wrestler’s shoulders are forced to the mat. It is also defined as fall from clouds. It is also defined as lose an upright position suddenly. It is also defined as a sudden decline in strength or number or importance. It is also defined as fall or flow in a certain way. It is also defined as fall to somebody by assignment or lot. It is also defined as a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. It is also defined as a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity. It is also defined as touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly. It is also defined as decrease in size, extent, or range. It is also defined as come as if by falling. It is also defined as a downward slope or bend. It is also defined as the season when the leaves fall from the trees. It is also defined as the time of day immediately following sunset. It is also defined as a sudden drop from an upright position. It is also defined as come under, be classified or included. It is also defined as be inherited by. It is also defined as a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity. It is also defined as a movement downward. It is also defined as assume a disappointed or sad expression. It is also defined as be born, used chiefly of lambs. It is also defined as be captured. It is also defined as be cast down. It is also defined as be due. It is also defined as begin vigorously. It is also defined as come out; issue. It is also defined as descend in free fall under the influence of gravity. It is also defined as die, as in battle or in a hunt. It is also defined as drop oneself to a lower or less erect position. It is also defined as go as if by falling. It is also defined as lose office or power. It is also defined as lose one’s chastity. It is also defined as move in a specified direction. It is also defined as occur at a specified time or place. It is also defined as pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind. It is also defined as slope downward. It is also defined as suffer defeat, failure, or ruin. It is also defined as the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve. It is also defined as to be given by assignment or distribution. It is also defined as to be given by right or inheritance. It is also defined as yield to temptation or sin.
FALLOFF is defined as a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality.
FATAL is defined as (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. It is also defined as controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined. It is also defined as having momentous consequences; of decisive importance. It is also defined as bringing death.
FATE is defined as decree or designate beforehand. It is also defined as the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman). It is also defined as an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. It is also defined as your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).
FEAT is defined as a notable achievement.
FEEL is defined as the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. It is also defined as examine by touch. It is also defined as come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. It is also defined as perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. It is also defined as examine (a body part) by palpation. It is also defined as a property perceived by touch. It is also defined as undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind. It is also defined as an intuitive awareness. It is also defined as be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state. It is also defined as be felt or perceived in a certain way. It is also defined as find by testing or cautious exploration. It is also defined as grope or feel in search of something. It is also defined as have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone’s behavior or attitude. It is also defined as manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure. It is also defined as pass one’s hands over the sexual organs of. It is also defined as produce a certain impression. It is also defined as undergo passive experience of.
The word FEET has no known definition.
FELL is defined as pass away rapidly. It is also defined as the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal). It is also defined as (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. It is also defined as cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. It is also defined as seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges. It is also defined as sew a seam by folding the edges. It is also defined as the act of felling something (as a tree).
FELLA is defined as a boy or man.
FELLATE is defined as provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation.
FELT is defined as change texture so as to become matted and felt-like. It is also defined as a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers. It is also defined as cover with felt. It is also defined as mat together and make felt-like.
The word FETA has no known definition.
FETAL is defined as of or relating to a fetus.
FETE is defined as an elaborate party (often outdoors). It is also defined as an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place). It is also defined as have a celebration.
FETTLE is defined as a state of fitness and good health. It is also defined as remove mold marks or sand from (a casting).
FLAK is defined as artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes. It is also defined as a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer. It is also defined as intense adverse criticism.
FLAKE is defined as a crystal of snow. It is also defined as come off in flakes or thin small pieces. It is also defined as a small fragment of something broken off from the whole. It is also defined as a person with an unusual or odd personality. It is also defined as cover with flakes or as if with flakes. It is also defined as form into flakes.
FLAT is defined as a deflated pneumatic tire. It is also defined as freight car without permanent sides or roof. It is also defined as a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house. It is also defined as lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth. It is also defined as in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly. It is also defined as not modified or restricted by reservations. It is also defined as not reflecting light; not glossy. It is also defined as lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting. It is also defined as lacking taste or flavor or tang. It is also defined as having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another. It is also defined as sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. It is also defined as stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. It is also defined as flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes). It is also defined as a level tract of land. It is also defined as a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named. It is also defined as a shallow box in which seedlings are started. It is also defined as commercially inactive. It is also defined as having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness. It is also defined as having lost effervescence. It is also defined as horizontally level. It is also defined as lacking contrast or shading between tones. It is also defined as (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone. It is also defined as scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting.
The word FLATFEET has no known definition.
FLATFOOT is defined as a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out. It is also defined as a policeman who patrols a given region.
FLEA is defined as any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
FLEE is defined as run away quickly.
FLEET is defined as moving very fast. It is also defined as move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. It is also defined as disappear gradually. It is also defined as a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership. It is also defined as a group of warships organized as a tactical unit. It is also defined as group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership. It is also defined as group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership.
FLOAT is defined as an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy. It is also defined as be in motion due to some air or water current. It is also defined as a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco. It is also defined as be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. It is also defined as a drink with ice cream floating in it. It is also defined as allow (currencies) to fluctuate. It is also defined as an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade. It is also defined as circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with. It is also defined as convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation. It is also defined as make the surface of level or smooth. It is also defined as move lightly, as if suspended. It is also defined as put into the water. It is also defined as set afloat. It is also defined as something that floats on the surface of water. It is also defined as the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public. It is also defined as the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment.
FLOE is defined as a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
FOAL is defined as a young horse. It is also defined as give birth to a foal.
FOLATE is defined as a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.
FOLK is defined as people in general (often used in the plural). It is also defined as people descended from a common ancestor. It is also defined as the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community. It is also defined as a social division of (usually preliterate) people.
FOOL is defined as a person who lacks good judgment. It is also defined as fool or hoax. It is also defined as a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages. It is also defined as spend frivolously and unwisely. It is also defined as a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. It is also defined as indulge in horseplay. It is also defined as make a fool or dupe of.
FOOT is defined as lowest support of a structure. It is also defined as pay for something. It is also defined as (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm. It is also defined as add a column of numbers. It is also defined as the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint. It is also defined as a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard. It is also defined as any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates. It is also defined as walk. It is also defined as the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings. It is also defined as an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot. It is also defined as a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger. It is also defined as a support resembling a pedal extremity. It is also defined as the lower part of anything. It is also defined as travel by walking.
FOOTFALL is defined as the sound of a step of someone walking.
LEAF is defined as look through a book or other written material. It is also defined as the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants. It is also defined as a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book). It is also defined as hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door). It is also defined as produce leaves, of plants. It is also defined as turn over pages.
LEAFLET is defined as a small book usually having a paper cover. It is also defined as a thin triangular flap of a heart valve. It is also defined as part of a compound leaf.
LEFT is defined as the hand that is on the left side of the body. It is also defined as the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher’s left. It is also defined as those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare. It is also defined as not used up. It is also defined as intended for the left hand. It is also defined as a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east. It is also defined as being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north. It is also defined as location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east. It is also defined as of or belonging to the political or intellectual left. It is also defined as toward or on the left; also used figuratively.
LOAF is defined as be lazy or idle. It is also defined as be about. It is also defined as a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating. It is also defined as a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape.
LOFT is defined as a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept. It is also defined as floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage. It is also defined as floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space. It is also defined as (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air. It is also defined as kick or strike high in the air. It is also defined as lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel’s hull. It is also defined as propel through the air. It is also defined as store in a loft.
LOOFA is defined as the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer.
OFFAL is defined as viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
TAFFETA is defined as a crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
TAKEOFF is defined as humorous or satirical mimicry. It is also defined as a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way. It is also defined as a departure; especially of airplanes. It is also defined as the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne.
TEFF is defined as an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
TOFFEE is defined as caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets.
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