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Today’s pangrams are DEFILING, FIELDING, FLEDGING, and FLEDGLING.
The word DEFILING has no known definition.
FIELDING is defined as English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754). It is also defined as (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field.
The word FLEDGING has no known definition.
FLEDGLING is defined as (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers. It is also defined as young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying. It is also defined as any new participant in some activity. It is also defined as young and inexperienced.
DEFEND is defined as argue or speak in defense of. It is also defined as state or assert. It is also defined as protect against a challenge or attack. It is also defined as be the defense counsel for someone in a trial. It is also defined as protect or fight for as a champion. It is also defined as fight against or resist strongly. It is also defined as be on the defensive; act against an attack.
The word DEFENDED has no known definition.
DEFENDING is defined as attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.
The word DEFIED has no known definition.
DEFILE is defined as make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. It is also defined as place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. It is also defined as a narrow pass (especially one between mountains). It is also defined as spot, stain, or pollute.
DEFILED is defined as morally blemished; stained or impure.
DEFINE is defined as show the form or outline of. It is also defined as decide upon or fix definitely. It is also defined as determine the essential quality of. It is also defined as determine the nature of. It is also defined as give a definition for the meaning of a word.
DEFINED is defined as showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary. It is also defined as clearly characterized or delimited.
DEFINING is defined as any process serving to define the shape of something.
The word DEIFIED has no known definition.
DIGNIFIED is defined as having or showing self-esteem. It is also defined as having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance.
EDIFIED is defined as instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement.
ELFIN is defined as suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness. It is also defined as small and delicate. It is also defined as usually good-naturedly mischievous. It is also defined as relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf.
FEED is defined as food for domestic livestock. It is also defined as take in food; used of animals only. It is also defined as profit from in an exploitatory manner. It is also defined as give food to. It is also defined as introduce continuously. It is also defined as provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. It is also defined as move along, of liquids. It is also defined as gratify. It is also defined as feed into; supply. It is also defined as provide as food. It is also defined as serve as food for; be the food for. It is also defined as support or promote.
FEEDING is defined as the act of consuming food. It is also defined as the act of supplying food and nourishment.
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.
FEELING is defined as the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. It is also defined as an intuitive understanding of something. It is also defined as a vague idea in which some confidence is placed. It is also defined as the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin. It is also defined as a physical sensation that you experience. It is also defined as the experiencing of affective and emotional states.
FEIGN is defined as make a pretence of. It is also defined as make believe with the intent to deceive.
FEIGNED is defined as not genuine.
FEIGNING is defined as pretending with intention to deceive. It is also defined as the act of giving a false appearance.
FELID is defined as any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws.
FELINE is defined as any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws. It is also defined as of or relating to cats.
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).
The word FELLED has no known definition.
The word FELLING has no known definition.
FEND is defined as withstand the force of something. It is also defined as try to manage without help.
The word FENDED has no known definition.
The word FENDING has no known definition.
FENNEL is defined as leaves used for seasoning. It is also defined as aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads. It is also defined as any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems. It is also defined as fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture.
FIDDLE is defined as manipulate manually or in one’s mind or imagination. It is also defined as bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow. It is also defined as play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly. It is also defined as try to fix or mend. It is also defined as avoid (one’s assigned duties). It is also defined as commit fraud and steal from one’s employer. It is also defined as play on a violin. It is also defined as play the violin or fiddle.
The word FIDDLED has no known definition.
FIDDLING is defined as (informal) small and of little importance.
FIEF is defined as a piece of land held under the feudal system.
FIELD is defined as a branch of knowledge. It is also defined as a particular kind of commercial enterprise. It is also defined as the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument). It is also defined as a particular environment or walk of life. It is also defined as the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it. It is also defined as a piece of land prepared for playing a game. It is also defined as a place where planes take off and land. It is also defined as extensive tract of level open land. It is also defined as a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought. It is also defined as a region in which active military operations are in progress. It is also defined as a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found. It is also defined as all of the horses in a particular horse race. It is also defined as all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event. It is also defined as answer adequately or successfully. It is also defined as a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed. It is also defined as catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket. It is also defined as (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information. It is also defined as (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1. It is also defined as play as a fielder. It is also defined as select (a team or individual player) for a game. It is also defined as somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected.
The word FIELDED has no known definition.
FIEND is defined as a cruel wicked and inhuman person. It is also defined as a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause). It is also defined as an evil supernatural being.
FIFE is defined as a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band.
The word FIFED has no known definition.
The word FIFING has no known definition.
FILE is defined as record in a public office or in a court of law. It is also defined as a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other. It is also defined as file a formal charge against. It is also defined as office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order. It is also defined as a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together. It is also defined as place in a container for keeping records. It is also defined as a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal. It is also defined as proceed in line. It is also defined as smooth with a file.
The word FILED has no known definition.
FILING is defined as a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file. It is also defined as preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.. It is also defined as the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object). It is also defined as the entering of a legal document into the public record.
FILL is defined as make full, also in a metaphorical sense. It is also defined as any material that fills a space or container. It is also defined as occupy the whole of. It is also defined as become full. It is also defined as fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. It is also defined as assume, as of positions or roles. It is also defined as eat until one is sated. It is also defined as fill to satisfaction. It is also defined as appoint someone to (a position or a job). It is also defined as a quantity sufficient to satisfy. It is also defined as plug with a substance.
FILLED is defined as (of time) taken up. It is also defined as (usually followed by `with’ or used as a combining form) generously supplied with. It is also defined as of purchase orders that have been filled.
FILLING is defined as any material that fills a space or container. It is also defined as the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. It is also defined as a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.. It is also defined as (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth. It is also defined as flow into something (as a container). It is also defined as the act of filling something.
FIND is defined as the act of discovering something. It is also defined as come upon, as if by accident; meet with. It is also defined as discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. It is also defined as come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. It is also defined as perceive or be contemporaneous with. It is also defined as get or find back; recover the use of. It is also defined as accept and make use of one’s personality, abilities, and situation. It is also defined as make a discovery. It is also defined as receive a specified treatment (abstract). It is also defined as a productive insight. It is also defined as establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study. It is also defined as make a discovery, make a new finding. It is also defined as get something or somebody for a specific purpose. It is also defined as decide on and make a declaration about. It is also defined as come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost. It is also defined as obtain through effort or management. It is also defined as perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place. It is also defined as succeed in reaching; arrive at.
FINDING is defined as the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation. It is also defined as something that is found. It is also defined as the decision of a court on issues of fact or law.
FINE is defined as money extracted as a penalty. It is also defined as an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence. It is also defined as issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty. It is also defined as in a delicate manner. It is also defined as being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. It is also defined as characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. It is also defined as free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity. It is also defined as minutely precise especially in differences in meaning. It is also defined as of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles. It is also defined as thin in thickness or diameter.
The word FINED has no known definition.
The word FINING has no known definition.
The word FINNED has no known definition.
The word FLED has no known definition.
FLEDGE is defined as decorate with feathers. It is also defined as grow feathers. It is also defined as feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
FLEDGED is defined as (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination. It is also defined as (of an arrow) equipped with feathers.
FLEE is defined as run away quickly.
The word FLEEING has no known definition.
The word FLIED has no known definition.
FLING is defined as indulge oneself. It is also defined as a usually brief attempt. It is also defined as a brief indulgence of your impulses. It is also defined as throw or cast away. It is also defined as move in an abrupt or headlong manner. It is also defined as the act of flinging. It is also defined as throw with force or recklessness.
The word FLINGING has no known definition.
INFIDEL is defined as a person who does not acknowledge your god.
INFIELD is defined as the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate.
The word INFILL has no known definition.
The word INFILLED has no known definition.
The word INFILLING has no known definition.
LIFE is defined as the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities. It is also defined as the condition of living or the state of being alive. It is also defined as an account of the series of events making up a person’s life. It is also defined as the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death). It is also defined as animation and energy in action or expression. It is also defined as a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives. It is also defined as a characteristic state or mode of living. It is also defined as a living person. It is also defined as a motive for living. It is also defined as living things collectively. It is also defined as the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living. It is also defined as the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones. It is also defined as the period between birth and the present time. It is also defined as the period from the present until death.
LIFELINE is defined as a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live. It is also defined as line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver. It is also defined as line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning. It is also defined as support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection).
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