1 | noun | any small compartment 2 | noun | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals 3 | noun | a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction 4 | noun | a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement 5 | noun | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver 6 | noun | small room in which a monk or nun lives 7 | noun | a room where a prisoner is kept (7 meanings)

s'el (IPA: sˈɛl)

cell (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

1131 AD (High Middle ages) (894 years ago)

Old English | Latin

written: 1785th most common (1 in 16949 words) ( > 99% noun)

spoken: 2498th most common (1 in 52632 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

cells

electric cell | cadre | cubicle | jail cell | prison cell (total: 5)

acaryote | akaryocyte | akaryote | archespore | archesporium | arthrospore | beta cell | blastema | blastomere | daughter cell | embryonic cell | fertilized ovum | fiber | fibre | flagellated cell | ... (total: 57)

compartment | animate thing | living thing | electrical device | political entity | political unit | radiophone | radiotelephone | wireless telephone | room (total: 10)

befell | bell | belle | cartel | clientele | compel | dell | dispel | dwell | excel | expel | farewell | fell | foretell | gazelle | ... (total: 44) (based on typical American pronunciation)

sell

bell | Bell | call | cello | cull | dell | fell | hell | jell | Nell | sell | tell | Tell | well | yell (total: 15)

(none among common words)

adipose cell | air cell | auxiliary cell | B cell | blood cell | bone cell | bone-forming cell | brain cell | cadmium cell | cancer cell | ... (total: 116)

Cell (US population: 230 people, white: 92%)

Cell (Stephen King)

The Cell

cell.com | cell.net | cell.org | cell.biz

Alternative to office or home | An amoeba has one | Battery | Block division | Cubbyhole | D, for one | Group in a spies' network | It makes a bit of a stir | Jail unit | Joint tenant's place? | Kind of phone | Lockup | ... (total: 31) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

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