These are the meanings of the letters JEELIE when you unscramble them.
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Eel (n.)
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
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Jee (v. t. & i.)
See Gee.
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Lee (v. i.)
To lie; to speak falsely.
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Lee (n.)
That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
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Lee (n.)
A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
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Lee (n.)
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
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Lee (a.)
Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
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Lie (n.)
See Lye.
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Lie (n.)
A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
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Lie (n.)
A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
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Lie (n.)
Anything which misleads or disappoints.
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Lie (v. i.)
To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
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Lie (adj.)
To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
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Lie (adj.)
To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
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Lie (adj.)
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
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Lie (adj.)
To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
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Lie (adj.)
To lodge; to sleep.
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Lie (adj.)
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
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Lie (adj.)
To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
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Lie (n.)
The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.