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Today’s pangrams are PROPITIATORY and TOPIARY.
PROPITIATORY is defined as intended to reconcile or appease. It is also defined as having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.
TOPIARY is defined as a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals. It is also defined as making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees.
AIRY is defined as not practical or realizable; speculative. It is also defined as open to or abounding in fresh air. It is also defined as characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. It is also defined as having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air.
APIARY is defined as a shed containing a number of beehives.
ARRAY is defined as align oneself with a group or a way of thinking. It is also defined as especially fine or decorative clothing. It is also defined as lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line. It is also defined as an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics. It is also defined as an impressive display. It is also defined as an orderly arrangement.
ARROYO is defined as a stream or brook.
ARTY is defined as showily imitative of art or artists.
The word ITTY has no known definition.
The word OATY has no known definition.
ORATORY is defined as addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous).
PAPAYA is defined as tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit. It is also defined as large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh.
The word PAPPY has no known definition.
The word PAPYRI has no known definition.
PARITY is defined as (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1’s or an even number of 1’s; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1’s must contain an error. It is also defined as (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered. It is also defined as (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system. It is also defined as functional equality. It is also defined as (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity.
PARRY is defined as avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). It is also defined as a return punch (especially by a boxer). It is also defined as impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball). It is also defined as (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword.
PARTY is defined as an organization to gain political power. It is also defined as a band of people associated temporarily in some activity. It is also defined as a group of people gathered together for pleasure. It is also defined as an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment. It is also defined as a person involved in legal proceedings. It is also defined as have or participate in a party.
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.
PITY is defined as a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. It is also defined as the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. It is also defined as share the suffering of. It is also defined as an unfortunate development.
POPPY is defined as annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers.
PORTRAY is defined as assume or act the character of. It is also defined as represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture. It is also defined as make a portrait of. It is also defined as portray in words.
POTTY is defined as a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. It is also defined as slightly intoxicated. It is also defined as marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness. It is also defined as a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom. It is also defined as (British informal) trivial.
PRAY is defined as call upon in supplication; entreat. It is also defined as address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer.
PRIORITY is defined as status established in order of importance or urgency. It is also defined as preceding in time.
PRIORY is defined as religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.
The word PYRO has no known definition.
RARITY is defined as a rarified quality. It is also defined as noteworthy scarcity. It is also defined as something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting.
RATTY is defined as showing signs of wear and tear. It is also defined as dirty and infested with rats. It is also defined as of or characteristic of rats.
ROPY is defined as (British informal) very poor in quality. It is also defined as forming viscous or glutinous threads. It is also defined as of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong.
ROTARY is defined as a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. It is also defined as electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa. It is also defined as describing a circle; moving in a circle. It is also defined as relating to or characterized by rotation.
ROTATORY is defined as of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn.
TARRY is defined as be about. It is also defined as leave slowly and hesitantly. It is also defined as having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
TATTY is defined as tastelessly showy. It is also defined as showing signs of wear and tear.
TIPPY is defined as (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail.
TRAY is defined as an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
The word TRIPPY has no known definition.
TROY is defined as an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War. It is also defined as a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains.
TYPO is defined as a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
TYRO is defined as someone new to a field or activity.
The word YAPPY has no known definition.
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