Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Prison unit”, starting with the letters ce.
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noun
- A single room (as in a convent or prison) usually for one person
- A one-room dwelling occupied by a solitary person (such as a hermit)
- A basic and usually small unit of an organization or movement
"terrorist cells"
- Cell phone
- Any of the small sections of a geographic area of a cellular see cellular telephone system
- One of the compartments of a honeycomb
- A membranous area bounded by veins in the wing of an insect
- A small usually microscopic mass of protoplasm bounded externally by a semipermeable membrane, usually including one or more nuclei and various other organelles with their products, capable alone or interacting with other cells of performing all the fundamental functions of life, and forming the smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently
- A single unit in a device for converting radiant energy into electrical energy or for varying the intensity of an electrical current in accordance with radiation see radiation
- A unit in a statistical array see array (such as a spreadsheet) formed by the intersection of a column and a row
- A portion of the atmosphere that behaves as a unit
"a storm cell"
- A small religious house dependent on a monastery or convent
noun
- A transparent sheet of celluloid on which objects are drawn or painted in the making of animated cartoons
noun
- A branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, and life history of cells and their constituents cytology
noun
- The nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retina see neuron
noun
- The complete series of events from one cell division to the next compare g1 phase, g2 phase, m phase, s phase
noun
- The process by which cells multiply involving both nuclear and cytoplasmic division compare meiosis, mitosis
noun
- Closed cell foam
- Open cell foam
noun
- A cell culture selected for uniformity from a cell population derived from a usually homogeneous tissue source (such as an organ)
"a newly established cell line derived from a human endometrial carcinoma"
adjective
- Relating to or being the part of immunity or the immune response that is mediated primarily by T cells
noun
- A membrane of a cell
This clue was used on March 23, 2025.
This clue has been used several times with the same answer. It also appeared on these dates:
January 7, 2025