Clues for the word "CILIA"
We've had 37 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 125 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on January 05, 2026.
Definition of cilia
- n. pl. - The eyelashes.
- n. pl. - Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
- n. pl. - Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.
- n. pl. - Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.
Referring Clues
- Eyelashes
- Paramecium fringe
- Lashes
- Paramecia features
- Paramecium propellers
- Tiny hairs
- 101 + 51 + 1 hairs
- Eyelashes, in medical texts
- Fringe group?
- Paramecium features
- Hairlike cell growths
- Mascara sites
- Fine hairs
- Protozoa propellers, perhaps
- Paramecium's propellers
- Protozoan pushers
- Biological hairs
- Tiny, hairlike organelles
- Eyelashes, say
- The eyelashes
- Sensory organelles in a cell
- Hairlike growths on cells
- Protozoan propellers
- Eyelashes, anatomically
- Eyelashes, scientifically
- Protozoan's legs
- Paramecium movers
- Hairlike projections on cells
- Eyelashes, e.g.
- Paramecium's locomotors
- 20 lashes, maybe?
- Anatomical lashes
- Paramecium parts
- Eyelashes, to anatomists
- Flagella relatives
- Lashes, e.g.
- Paramecium hairs
Last Seen In
- Daily American - January 05, 2026
- LA Times - September 26, 2025
- LA Times - June 07, 2025
- Daily American - January 26, 2025
- Daily American - January 23, 2025
- LA Times - November 07, 2024
- LA Times - June 23, 2024
- Daily American - January 22, 2024
- Daily American - January 05, 2024
- LA Times - April 11, 2023
- New York Times - February 26, 2023
- Daily American - January 26, 2023
- Daily American - January 23, 2023
- LA Times - November 08, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 12, 2022
- New York Times - February 25, 2022
- New York Times - January 16, 2022
- New York Times - October 25, 2021
- Daily American - January 22, 2018
- Daily American - January 05, 2018
- New York Times - December 25, 2017
- LA Times - October 22, 2017
- LA Times - August 04, 2017
- USA Today - July 27, 2017
- New York Times - April 19, 2017
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 26, 2017
- Daily American - January 26, 2017
- Daily American - January 23, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 28, 2016
- Jonesin - September 20, 2016
- And in 95 more crossword puzzles...