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Today’s pangrams are EFFECTUAL and FLUCTUATE.
EFFECTUAL is defined as having legal efficacy or force. It is also defined as producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect.
FLUCTUATE is defined as move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. It is also defined as be unstable. It is also defined as cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern.
ACTUAL is defined as being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. It is also defined as presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible. It is also defined as existing in act or fact. It is also defined as being or existing at the present moment. It is also defined as taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated.
ACTUATE is defined as give an incentive for action. It is also defined as put in motion or move to act.
ACUTE is defined as extremely sharp or severe. It is also defined as having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. It is also defined as ending in a sharp point. It is also defined as a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. It is also defined as having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course. It is also defined as of critical importance and consequence. It is also defined as of an angle; less than 90 degrees.
CALCULATE is defined as predict in advance. It is also defined as have faith or confidence in. It is also defined as specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public. It is also defined as judge to be probable. It is also defined as keep an account of. It is also defined as make a mathematical calculation or computation.
CAUL is defined as part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines. It is also defined as the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).
The word CELLULE has no known definition.
CLUE is defined as a slight indication. It is also defined as roll into a ball. It is also defined as evidence that helps to solve a problem.
CUFF is defined as hit with the hand. It is also defined as shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. It is also defined as confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs. It is also defined as the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg.
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.
CULT is defined as an interest followed with exaggerated zeal. It is also defined as a system of religious beliefs and rituals. It is also defined as a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false. It is also defined as followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices. It is also defined as followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
CUTE is defined as obviously contrived to charm. It is also defined as attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness.
CUTLET is defined as thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled.
CUTTLE is defined as ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell.
EFFECTUATE is defined as produce.
FACTUAL is defined as existing in act or fact. It is also defined as of or relating to or characterized by facts.
FATEFUL is defined as ominously prophetic. It is also 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.
FAUCET is defined as a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
FAULT is defined as a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. It is also defined as an imperfection in an object or machine. It is also defined as the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection. It is also defined as (geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. It is also defined as put or pin the blame on. It is also defined as (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.). It is also defined as responsibility for a bad situation or event. It is also defined as (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area).
The word FLAUTA has no known definition.
FLUE is defined as flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor. It is also defined as organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip. It is also defined as a conduit to carry off smoke.
FLUFF is defined as something of little value or significance. It is also defined as make a mess of, destroy or ruin. It is also defined as erect or fluff up. It is also defined as ruffle (one’s hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. It is also defined as a blunder (especially an actor’s forgetting the lines). It is also defined as any light downy material.
FLUTE is defined as a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column). It is also defined as a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. It is also defined as a tall narrow wineglass. It is also defined as form flutes in.
FUEL is defined as provide with fuel. It is also defined as a substance that can be consumed to produce energy. It is also defined as provide with a combustible substance that provides energy. It is also defined as stimulate. It is also defined as take in fuel, as of a ship.
FULL is defined as increase in phase. It is also defined as the time when the Moon is fully illuminated. It is also defined as to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full’ in this sense is used as a combining form). It is also defined as constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. It is also defined as having the normally expected amount. It is also defined as complete in extent or degree and in every particular. It is also defined as having ample fabric. It is also defined as filled to satisfaction with food or drink. It is also defined as being at a peak or culminating point. It is also defined as beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening. It is also defined as containing as much or as many as is possible or normal. It is also defined as make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering. It is also defined as (of sound) having marked deepness and body.
LETTUCE is defined as informal terms for money. It is also defined as any of various plants of the genus Lactuca. It is also defined as leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa.
LUAU is defined as an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment).
LUFF is defined as sail close to the wind. It is also defined as flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides. It is also defined as (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast. It is also defined as the act of sailing close to the wind.
LULL is defined as a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished. It is also defined as make calm or still. It is also defined as a period of calm weather. It is also defined as become quiet or less intensive. It is also defined as calm by deception.
LULU is defined as a very attractive or seductive looking woman.
LUTE is defined as a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid. It is also defined as chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard.
LUTEAL is defined as of or relating to the corpus luteum.
TACTFUL is defined as showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people. It is also defined as having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.
TACTUAL is defined as of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch. It is also defined as producing a sensation of touch.
TAUT is defined as pulled or drawn tight. It is also defined as subjected to great tension; stretched tight.
TUFFET is defined as a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
TUFT is defined as a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass. It is also defined as a bunch of feathers or hair.
TULLE is defined as a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
TUTEE is defined as learns from a tutor.
TUTU is defined as South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931). It is also defined as very short skirt worn by ballerinas.
ULULATE is defined as emit long loud cries.
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