Saturday, August 24, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 247

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 173

Genius requires between 24 and 43 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 247 was in the 83rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 23, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 78th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 23, 2024.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on August 22, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 177
  • loll 172
  • toot 163
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 119
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 109
  • acai 109
  • nene 109
  • anal 105
  • onto 105
  • toon 105
  • boob 103
  • booboo 103
  • anon 101
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • onion 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 97
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 96
  • dodo 94
  • mitt 94
  • tatty 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • ratatat 92
  • tart 92
  • tartar 92
  • attar 91
  • tact 91
  • cocci 90
  • nanny 90
  • loon 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tattoo 89
  • tutu 89
  • epee 88
  • peep 88
  • array 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 89,625 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,206 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.



Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • acapnia
  • acini
  • acinic
  • acmic
  • amici
  • aminic
  • ammoniac
  • ammonic
  • amnic
  • amnionic
  • ancon
  • anomic
  • apocopic
  • caca
  • cain
  • camion
  • campi
  • campion
  • cinnamic
  • cion
  • cocain
  • coccic
  • coco
  • comm
  • commo
  • compo
  • coni
  • conin
  • conn
  • coocoo
  • coon
  • cooncan
  • macaco
  • macon
  • manioc
  • manioca
  • monic
  • nonionic
  • oomiac
  • paca
  • pianic
  • pionic
  • poco

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

acacia

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
  2. The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
  3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
  4. Gum arabic; gum acacia.
  5. Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
  6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

acai

noun
  1. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
  2. The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

anionic

No Definition Found.

cacao

noun
  1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

caiman

noun
  1. Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae.
  2. A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.

cami

noun
  1. A camisole.

camo

noun
  1. A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
  2. Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
verb
  1. To camouflage.
  2. To put on camouflage clothing.

camp

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
  2. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
  3. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
  4. A single hut or shelter.
  5. The company or body of persons encamped.
  6. A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
  7. Campus
  8. A summer camp.
  9. A prison.
  10. A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost
  11. Conflict; battle.
  12. An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
verb
  1. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
  2. To set up a camp.
  3. To afford rest or lodging for.
  4. To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.
  5. To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
  6. To wrangle; argue.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
adjective
  1. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
  2. (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
  3. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

campo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A police officer assigned to a university campus.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area.

cancan

noun
  1. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
  2. (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
verb
  1. To dance the cancan.

canna

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

cannon

noun
  1. A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
  2. Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
  3. A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
  4. A cannon bit.
  5. A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
  6. A carom.
  7. The arm of a player that can throw well.
  8. A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
  9. (Chinese chess) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
verb
  1. To bombard with cannons.
  2. To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball
  3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
  4. To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
noun
  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  11. Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  12. A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  13. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  15. A carom.
noun
  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
noun
  1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

canon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  11. Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  12. A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  13. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  15. A carom.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

canonic

adjective
  1. Canonical

canopic

No Definition Found.

capo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  2. A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.

capon

noun
  1. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
verb
  1. To castrate; to make a capon of.

ciao

noun
  1. A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
interjection
  1. Hello, hi.
  2. Bye, goodbye.

cinnamon

noun
  1. A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
  2. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
  3. A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.
  4. A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.
adjective
  1. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
  2. Of a yellowish-brown color.

cioppino

noun
  1. An Italian-American shellfish and tomato stew.

coca

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
  2. The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

cocci

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
  2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Coccidioidomycosis

cocoa

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
  2. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  3. A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
  4. A serving of this drink.
  5. A light to medium brown colour.
adjective
  1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Coconut palm.
  2. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.

cocoon

noun
  1. The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
  2. Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
verb
  1. To envelop in a protective case
  2. To withdraw into such a case.

coin

noun
  1. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
  2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
  3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
  4. Money in general, not limited to coins.
  5. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
  6. A corner or external angle.
  7. A small circular slice of food.
  8. A cryptocurrency.
verb
  1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
  2. (by extension) To make or fabricate.
  3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

coma

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
  2. A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
  3. A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

comic

noun
  1. A comedian.
  2. A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
  3. A children's newspaper.
adjective
  1. Funny; amusing; comical.
  2. Relating to comedy.

comma

noun
  1. The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
  2. A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
  4. A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
  5. A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
  6. In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.
  7. A brief interval.
verb
  1. To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.

common

noun
  1. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
  2. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
  3. The people; the community.
  4. The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
verb
  1. To communicate (something).
  2. To converse, talk.
  3. To have sex.
  4. To participate.
  5. To have a joint right with others in common ground.
  6. To board together; to eat at a table in common.
adjective
  1. Mutual; shared by more than one.
  2. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
  3. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
  4. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
  5. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
  6. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
  7. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
  8. Profane; polluted.
  9. Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

comp

noun
  1. Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
  2. Clipping of comprehensive examination.
  3. Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.
verb
  1. To accompany, in music.
  2. To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
  3. To provide someone with (a complimentary item, such as a ticket).
  4. To provide a complimentary item, such as a ticket to (someone).
noun
  1. (in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.
noun
  1. Something suitable for comparison.
noun
  1. (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
  2. (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
  3. (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
  4. An equal; a rival; a compeer.
  5. One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
noun
  1. Comparison.
  2. An instruction or command that compares two values.
  3. Illustration by comparison; simile.
noun
  1. The act or principle of compensating.
  2. Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
  3. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.
  4. A recompense or reward for service.
  5. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
  6. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
  7. The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).
noun
  1. The action of competing.
  2. A contest for a prize or award.
  3. The competitors in such a contest.
noun
  1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
  2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
  3. Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
verb
  1. To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
  2. To construct, build.
  3. To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
  4. To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
  5. To contain or comprise.
  6. To write; to compose.
noun
  1. One who compiles.
  2. A computer program which transforms source code into object code.
adjective
  1. In the nature of a compliment.
  2. Free; provided at no charge.
  3. With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.
noun
  1. A mixture of different components.
  2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  3. A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
  4. A function of a function.
  5. (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
noun
  1. A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
noun
  1. The act of putting together; assembly.
  2. A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
  3. The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
  4. The general makeup of a thing or person.
  5. An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.
  6. A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.
  7. An agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
  8. An essay.
  9. The formation of compound words from separate words.
  10. A work of music, literature or art.
  11. Typesetting.
  12. Applying a function to the result of another.
  13. The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
  14. Consistency; accord; congruity.
  15. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
  16. The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
  17. Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
noun
  1. A person who sets type; a typesetter.
  2. One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
noun
  1. A normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools
noun
  1. The chief accountant of a company or government.
noun
  1. A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
  2. (by restriction) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
  3. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
noun
  1. The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.

companion

noun
  1. A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
  2. A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
  3. The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
  4. The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
  5. A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
  6. A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
  7. An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
  8. A celestial object that is associated with another.
  9. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
  10. A fellow; a rogue.
verb
  1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
  2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

conic

noun
  1. A conic section.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to a cone or cones.
  2. Shaped like a cone.
  3. Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.

coop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
  2. A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
  3. A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
  4. A barrel or cask for holding liquids.
verb
  1. To keep in a coop.
  2. To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  3. To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
  4. (law enforcement) Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.
  5. To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.
  2. A cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small heap.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
  2. Any co-operative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
  3. Any shop owned by a co-operative.
  4. A co-operative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.

icon

noun
  1. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
  2. (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
  3. (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
  4. A small picture that represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
  5. A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

iconic

adjective
  1. Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
  2. Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
  3. Representing something; symbolic.

ionic

adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or containing ions

maniac

noun
  1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
  2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

manic

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
  2. Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

mica

noun
  1. Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

mimic

noun
  1. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
  2. An imitation.
verb
  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  2. To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  2. Mock, pretended.
  3. Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

minicam

noun
  1. A small movie camera.

minicamp

noun
  1. A short training session for members of a professional sports team, held before the main preseason training

monomaniac

noun
  1. A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.
adjective
  1. Focused on one thing above all others.

niacin

noun
  1. A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

nincompoop

noun
  1. A foolish or silly person.

noncom

noun
  1. A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).

panic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
  2. Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
  3. A kernel panic or system crash.
verb
  1. To feel overwhelming fear.
  2. To cause somebody to panic.
  3. (by extension) To crash.
  4. (by extension) To cause the system to crash.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to the god Pan.
  2. Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A plant of the genus Panicum.

pica

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point.
  2. (usually with qualifier) A font of this size.
  3. A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially 35/83 cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now 1/6 in.
  4. A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A magpie.

picnic

noun
  1. An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
  2. The meal eaten at such a gathering.
  3. An easy or pleasant task.
  4. An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
verb
  1. To take part in a picnic.

poinciana

noun
  1. A tropical shrub with bright orange-red flowers