Thursday, November 21, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 310

Number of Answers: 63

Points Needed for Genius: 217

Genius requires between 31 and 53 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% 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 310 was in the 96th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 3, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 63 possible answers rank it in the 94th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 17, 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 November 18, 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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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 186
  • loll 179
  • toot 170
  • naan 164
  • nana 164
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 125
  • mama 120
  • mamma 120
  • nene 117
  • acacia 113
  • acai 113
  • onto 112
  • toon 112
  • anal 109
  • onion 107
  • anon 106
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • olio 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • papa 100
  • baba 99
  • dodo 99
  • mitt 99
  • poop 98
  • allay 97
  • ally 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • ratatat 96
  • tact 96
  • tart 96
  • tartar 96
  • attar 95
  • cocci 95
  • tatty 95
  • tutu 94
  • mono 93
  • moon 93
  • tattoo 93
  • ammo 92
  • epee 92
  • momma 92
  • peep 92
  • loon 91
  • roar 91


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 93,497 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,341 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*:

  • agee
  • agene
  • agenize
  • agenizing
  • aggie
  • aglee
  • agnize
  • alae
  • alane
  • alanine
  • alee
  • alienage
  • alienee
  • aliening
  • aline
  • allee
  • anele
  • aneling
  • angeling
  • anile
  • aniline
  • anlage
  • anlagen
  • azine
  • eagling
  • eanling
  • egal
  • elain
  • engining
  • gaeing
  • gaen
  • galea
  • galeae
  • galena
  • galilee
  • galingale
  • gallein
  • gane
  • gangle
  • gean
  • geeing
  • genning
  • gieing
  • gien
  • gillie
  • gingeli
  • gingelli
  • gleg
  • ilea
  • ileal
  • illegalize
  • illegalizing
  • ingle
  • innage
  • leal
  • leggin
  • lezzie
  • liane
  • lienal
  • lilangeni
  • nannie
  • neglige
  • nellie
  • nielli
  • nigella
  • zazen
  • zein
  • zenana
  • zizzle

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

agaze

No Definition Found.

ageing

verb
  1. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
  2. To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
  3. To categorize by age.
  4. To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
noun
  1. The process of becoming older or more mature.
  2. The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
  3. Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
  4. Wear, wear and tear.
adjective
  1. Becoming elderly.

agile

adjective
  1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move
  2. Characterised by quick motion
  3. Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

algae

noun
  1. Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
noun
  1. Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
  2. A particular kind of algae.

alien

noun
  1. Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
  2. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
  3. A foreigner residing in a country.
  4. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
verb
  1. To estrange; to alienate.
  2. To transfer the ownership of something.
adjective
  1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
  2. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
  3. Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.

allege

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To state under oath, to plead.
  2. To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
  3. To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
  4. To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To lighten, diminish.

alleging

verb
  1. To state under oath, to plead.
  2. To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
  3. To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
  4. To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
verb
  1. To lighten, diminish.
noun
  1. Allegation

allele

noun
  1. One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.

angel

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
  2. (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
  3. A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.
  4. Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
  5. (possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic church.
  6. An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
  7. (originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
  8. An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
  9. An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity; an angel investor.
  10. The person who funds a show.
verb
  1. To support by donating money.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A person who has Angelman syndrome.

angle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
  2. The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
  3. A corner where two walls intersect.
  4. A change in direction.
  5. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
  6. The focus of a news story.
  7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
  8. A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
  9. An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
  10. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  11. Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
verb
  1. (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
  2. To change direction rapidly.
  3. To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
  4. (cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
verb
  1. To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  2. (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

anneal

noun
  1. An act of annealing.
verb
  1. To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
  2. To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
  3. To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
  4. To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
  5. To strengthen or harden.

annealing

verb
  1. To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
  2. To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
  3. To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
  4. To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
  5. To strengthen or harden.
noun
  1. The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice.

azalea

noun
  1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

eagle

noun
  1. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
  2. A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
  3. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
  4. A score of two under par for a hole.
verb
  1. To score an eagle.

egging

verb
  1. To throw eggs at.
  2. To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
  3. To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
verb
  1. To encourage, incite.
noun
  1. The act of pelting with eggs.

elan

noun
  1. Ardor or zeal inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

elegize

verb
  1. To compose an elegy for.
  2. To compose an elegy.
  3. To praise, as if in an elegy.

elegizing

verb
  1. To compose an elegy for.
  2. To compose an elegy.
  3. To praise, as if in an elegy.

engage

verb
  1. (heading) To interact socially.
  2. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
  3. (heading) To interact contractually.
  4. (heading) To interact mechanically.
  5. To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
  6. To entangle.

engaging

verb
  1. (heading) To interact socially.
  2. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
  3. (heading) To interact contractually.
  4. (heading) To interact mechanically.
  5. To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
  6. To entangle.
adjective
  1. That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
  2. Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.

engine

noun
  1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
  2. A tool; a utensil or implement.
  3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
  4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
  5. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
  6. A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
  7. A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
  8. Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
  9. The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
  10. Natural talent; genius.
  11. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
verb
  1. To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
  2. To assault with an engine.
  3. To contrive; to put into action.
  4. To rack; to torture.

gage

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
  2. Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
verb
  1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
  2. To wager, to bet.
  3. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
  2. An act of measuring.
  3. An estimate.
  4. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
  5. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
  6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
  7. A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
  8. The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
  9. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
  10. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
  11. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
  12. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
  13. A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
  14. (by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
  15. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
verb
  1. To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  2. To estimate.
  3. To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  5. To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  6. To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A quart pot.
  2. A pint pot.
  3. (metonymically) A drink.
  4. A tobacco pipe.
  5. A chamberpot.
  6. A small quantity of anything.
  7. Marijuana

gaggle

noun
  1. (collective) A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
  2. (by extension) Any group or gathering of related things.
verb
  1. To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

gale

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To sing; charm; enchant.
  2. To cry; groan; croak.
  3. (of a person) To talk.
  4. (of a bird) To call.
  5. To sing; utter with musical modulations.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
  2. An outburst, especially of laughter.
  3. A light breeze.
  4. A song or story.
verb
  1. To sail, or sail fast.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

gaze

noun
  1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
  2. The object gazed on.
  3. In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
verb
  1. To stare intently or earnestly.
  2. To stare at.

gazelle

noun
  1. An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

geez

Etymology 1

interjection
  1. An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Informal address to a male.

gelee

No Definition Found.

gelling

verb
  1. To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
  2. To become a gel.
  3. To develop a rapport.

gene

noun
  1. A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
  2. A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

genial

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Friendly and cheerful.
  2. (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
  3. Marked by genius.
  4. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
  5. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Relating to the chin; genian.

genie

noun
  1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

genii

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
  2. Extraordinary mental capacity.
  3. Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
  4. The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

giggle

noun
  1. A high-pitched, silly laugh.
  2. Fun; an amusing episode.
verb
  1. To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

glaze

noun
  1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
  2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
  3. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
  4. A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
  5. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
  6. A glazing oven; glost oven.
verb
  1. To install windows.
  2. To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
  3. To become glazed or glassy.
  4. For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

glean

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A collection made by gleaning.
verb
  1. To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
  2. To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
  3. To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
  4. To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Cleaning; afterbirth

gleaning

verb
  1. To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
  2. To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
  3. To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
  4. To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.
noun
  1. Something learned by gleaning.
  2. The act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.
  3. The catching of insects and other invertebrates by plucking them from within foliage, or sometimes from the ground. It may also be applied to where prey is picked off, or from within, natural and man-made surfaces such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses.

glee

noun
  1. Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
  2. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
  3. An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
verb
  1. To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).

glen

noun
  1. A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.

illegal

noun
  1. An illegal act or technique.
  2. (plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
  3. An illegal immigrant.
  4. A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
adjective
  1. Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
  2. Forbidden by established rules.
  3. (of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
  4. (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
  5. (sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.

inane

noun
  1. That which is void or empty.
adjective
  1. Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
  2. Purposeless; pointless

lane

noun
  1. (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
  2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
  3. A narrow road, as in the country.
  4. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
  5. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
  6. A course designated for ships or aircrafts.
  7. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
  8. An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  9. Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
  10. In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
  11. The homestretch.

laze

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An instance of lazing.
  2. Laziness.
verb
  1. To be lazy, waste time.
  2. To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.

lean

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
verb
  1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
  3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
  4. To hang outwards.
  5. To press against.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Meat with no fat on it.
  2. An organism that is lean in stature.
verb
  1. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
adjective
  1. (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
  2. (of meat) Having little fat.
  3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
  4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
  5. Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
  6. Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To conceal.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

leaning

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tendency or propensity.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
  3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
  4. To hang outwards.
  5. To press against.
verb
  1. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
verb
  1. To conceal.

legalize

verb
  1. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

legalizing

verb
  1. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

legging

verb
  1. To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
  2. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
  3. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
  4. To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
noun
  1. A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
  2. Tight fitting leg coverings worn, for example, to gym.
  3. One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
  4. The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.

liege

noun
  1. A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  2. (in full liege lord) A king or lord.
  3. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
adjective
  1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
  2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, such as a vassal to his lord; faithful.
  3. Full; perfect; complete; pure.

lien

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tendon.
  2. A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (possibly obsolete) The spleen.

linage

noun
  1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  2. A number of lines of text in a column.

line

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
  2. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
  3. A hose or pipe, of any size.
  4. Direction, path.
  5. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
  6. A clothesline.
  7. A letter, a written form of communication.
  8. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  9. A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
  10. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
  11. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
  12. A measuring line or cord.
  13. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
  14. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
  15. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
  16. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
  17. The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.
  18. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
  19. A small amount of text. Specifically:
  20. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
  21. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
  22. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
  23. A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  24. A measure of length:
  25. A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
  26. (1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.
  27. The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
  28. Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
  29. A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
  30. Instruction; doctrine.
  31. Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
  32. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
  33. A group of forwards that play together.
  34. A vascular catheter.
verb
  1. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
  2. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
  3. To form a line along.
  4. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
  5. To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
  6. To read or repeat line by line.
  7. To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
  8. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
  9. To measure.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
verb
  1. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
  2. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
  3. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate.

lineage

noun
  1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  2. A number of lines of text in a column.

lineal

adjective
  1. (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren, etc., but not siblings; as opposed to collateral.
  2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
  3. Composed of lines; delineated.
  4. In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.

linen

noun
  1. Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
  2. Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
  3. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
adjective
  1. Made from linen cloth or thread.
  2. Having the colour linen, light beige.

negligee

noun
  1. A woman's lightweight gown of the eighteenth century.
  2. A necklace of beads, pearls etc.
  3. A state of careless undress or very informal attire.
  4. A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie.

nene

noun
  1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

niggle

noun
  1. A minor complaint or problem.
  2. Small, cramped handwriting.
verb
  1. To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
  2. To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
  3. To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
  4. To fidget, fiddle, be restless.

nine

noun
  1. The digit or figure 9.
  2. A playing card with nine pips.
  3. A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  4. (usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
  5. A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
numeral
  1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.

zeal

noun
  1. The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
  2. A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
  3. The collective noun for a group of zebras.

zine

noun
  1. A low-circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest.

innie

noun
  1. A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
  2. A vagina with inner labia minora