NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• emit give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
• ileum the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum
• ilium the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
• item (used when listing or enumerating items) also
• lime spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
• limit decide upon or fix definitely
• meet being precisely fitting and right
• melee a noisy riotous fight
• melt become less intense and fade away gradually
• meme a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
• mete a line that indicates a boundary
• mettle the courage to carry on
• mile a footrace extending one mile
• milieu the environmental condition
• mill move about in a confused manner
• millet any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
• mime act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
• mite a slight but appreciable amount
• mitt the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
• mule a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
• mull heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
• mullet highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
• multilevel of a building having more than one level
• mute unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
• mutt an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
• muumuu a woman's loose unbelted dress
• teem move in large numbers
• time assign a time for an activity or event
• tumult a state of commotion and noise and confusion
• vellum fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb
• velum a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms