NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• acacia any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
• acai
• calculi
• calf fine leather from the skin of a calf
• call call a meeting; invite or command to meet
• calla South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
• canal provide (a city) with a canal
• cancan a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
• canna any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
• cannula a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication
• caul the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
• cilia
• clan group of people related by blood or marriage
• cliff a steep high face of rock
• clinic a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
• clinical scientifically detached; unemotional
• clinician a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
• cuff to get involved in a relationship with another person
• cull remove something that has been rejected
• facial of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object
• fanciful indulging in or influenced by fancy
• fanfic
• financial involving financial matters
• iliac of or relating to the ilium
• lacuna a blank gap or missing part
• laic characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
• laical characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
• lilac of a pale purple color
• niacin a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract
• uncuff