Krillion prompt · November 11, 2026
Name a bodily function or biological process (like breathing)
Krillion accepted 2,047 answers for this prompt in Dive #119. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gem and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 2,047 accepted answers, this prompt is about 2.7 times wider than a typical Krillion prompt (about 761).
- 1,834 answers (90%) are Deep Cuts and 143 are Rare, while 15 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Reflex +60 Balance +60 Ketosis +60
Also accepted elsewhere
The same answer counted for a different prompt in the archive.
Every accepted answer
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- Nasal cycle
Nostrils take turns congesting, with waking shifts averaging roughly two hours.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- 2,3-Butanediol fermentation
- 5' capping
- Abdominal reflex
- Abortive initiation
- Absorptive state
- Acclimatization
- Acetyl-CoA synthesis
- Acetylation
- Acetylcholine breakdown
- Acetylcholine synthesis
- Acoustic reflex
- Acrosome reaction
- ACTH secretion
- ACTH synthesis
- Action potential
- Active immunity
- Activin secretion
- Acute inflammation
- Acute-phase reaction
- Acylation
- Adaptive immune response
- Adenosine production
- Adipocere formation
- Adipogenesis
- Adiponectin secretion
- ADP production
- ADP-ribosylation
- Adrenarche
- Adult neurogenesis
- Aerophagia
- Affective touch
- Affinity maturation
- Afterhyperpolarization
- Afterpains
- Agglutination
- Aggrephagy
- Agonal breathing
- Airway remodeling
- Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism
- Alarm reaction
- Alcohol metabolism
- Aldosterone escape
- Aldosterone secretion
- Aldosterone synthesis
- Aldosterone-regulated sodium reabsorption
- Alertness
- Algor mortis
- Alkaline tide
- Alkylation
- Allometric growth
- Allostasis
- Allosteric regulation
- Alpha oxidation
- Alpha rhythm
- Alpha-chain T-cell antigen receptor gene rearrangement
- Alpha-linolenic acid metabolism
- Alternative complement pathway
- Alternative splicing
- Amelogenesis
- Amination
- Amino acid metabolism
- Amino acid synthesis
- Amino acid transport
- Amino sugar metabolism
- Ammonia detoxification
- Amniotic fluid production
- Amodal perception
- Amoeboid movement
- Amylin secretion
- Amylin synthesis
- Anabolism
- Anagen
- Anal wink
- Anaphase
- Anaphase I
- Anaphase II
- Anaphase lag
- Anaplerosis
- Anastasis
- Androgen backdoor pathway
- Andropause
- Angiogenesis
- Angiotensin activation
- Ankle jerk reflex
- Anoikis
- Anti-Müllerian hormone secretion
- Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
- Antidiuretic hormone secretion
- Antigen presentation
- Antigen recognition
- Antigen sampling
- Antigen-antibody reaction
- Antigenic modulation
- Antimicrobial peptide production
- Apocrine sweating
- Apoptosis
- Apoptotic body formation
- Apoptotic signaling
- Apperception
- Appetite regulation
- Appositional growth
- Aqueous humor drainage
- Aqueous humor production
- Arachidonic acid metabolism
- Arginine and proline metabolism
- Arginine biosynthesis
- Arnold's reflex
- Aromatization
- Arterial chemoreception
- Arthrokinetic reflex
- Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism
- ASMR tingles
- Assimilation
- Associative learning
- Astrocyte activation
- Asymmetric cell division
- Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
- Atg8ylation
- ATP hydrolysis
- ATP synthesis
- ATP transport
- Atrial function
- Atrial natriuretic peptide release
- Atrial natriuretic peptide synthesis
- Atrial remodeling
- Atrophy
- Attentional blink
- Attentional shift
- Auditory fatigue
- Auditory feedback
- Auditory masking
- Auditory scene analysis
- Autobiographical memory
- Autocrine signaling
- Autoimmunity
- Autolysis
- Autonomic control of the heart
- Autonomic regulation
- Autophagic cell death
- Autophagy
- Autophosphorylation
- Autoschizis
- Avoidance learning
- Axon ensheathment
- Axon fasciculation
- Axon guidance
- Axon reflex
- Axonal transport
- Axonogenesis
- B cell activation
- B cell proliferation
- B-cell heavy chain gene rearrangement
- B-cell light chain gene rearrangement
- B-type natriuretic peptide synthesis
- Babinski reflex
- Babkin reflex
- Bacterial fermentation in the colon
- Bainbridge reflex
- Baroreception
- Baroreflex
- Barrier defenses
- Basal electrical rhythm
- Basal tear secretion
- Base excision repair
- Bekhterev–Jacobsohn reflex
- Bekhterev–Mendel reflex
- Bell's phenomenon
- Beta rhythm
- Beta-alanine metabolism
- Beta-chain T-cell antigen receptor gene rearrangement
- Beta-oxidation
- Bezold–Jarisch reflex
- Biceps reflex
- Bile acid synthesis
- Bile release
- Bile storage
- Bilirubin conjugation
- Binaural fusion
- Binocular rivalry
- Binocular summation
- Binocular vision
- Biological motion perception
- Biological transport
- Biotin metabolism
- Biotinylation
- Bitter taste perception
- Bladder filling
- Bladder outlet relaxation
- Blastulation
- Blood bactericidal activity
- Blood flow regulation
- Blood pH regulation
- Blood shift
- Blood volume regulation
- Blood-brain barrier formation
- Blood-brain barrier transport
- Body patterning
- Bohr effect
- Bolus formation
- Bone conduction
- Bone deposition
- Bone growth
- Bone loss
- Bone maturation
- Bone modeling
- Bone regeneration
- Bone remodeling
- Bone resorption
- Bowel control
- Brachioradialis reflex
- Brain aging
- Brain development
- Brain growth
- Brain natriuretic peptide secretion
- Brain renin-angiotensin signaling
- Brain's reflex
- Branch migration
- Branched-chain amino acid catabolism
- Braxton Hicks contractions
- Breast crawl
- Breast development
- Brissaud's reflex
- Bronchoconstriction
- Bronchodilation
- Brush border digestion
- Bulbocavernosus reflex
- Bulk endocytosis
- Butanoate metabolism
- Cadaveric spasm
- Caffeine metabolism
- Calcification
- Calcitonin secretion
- Calcitonin synthesis
- Calcium homeostasis
- Calcium oscillation
- Calcium signaling
- Calcium-induced calcium release
- Caloric reflex
- Calvin cycle
- cAMP synthesis
- Capillary exchange
- Capillary refill
- Carbamylation
- Carbohydrate absorption
- Carbohydrate catabolism
- Carbohydrate digestion
- Carbohydrate metabolism
- Carbon dioxide production
- Carbon dioxide transport
- Carbon metabolism
- Carbonylation
- Cardiac action potential
- Cardiac automaticity
- Cardiac conduction
- Cardiac cycle
- Cardioception
- Cardiovascular drift
- Carnitine shuttle
- Cartilage repair
- Caseous necrosis
- Catabolism
- Catagen
- Cataplerosis
- Categorical perception
- CDK7 pathway
- Cell adhesion
- Cell competition
- Cell cycle arrest
- Cell cycle checkpoints
- Cell cycle phase transition
- Cell death
- Cell dedifferentiation
- Cell differentiation
- Cell division orientation
- Cell fate determination
- Cell fusion
- Cell growth
- Cell junction formation
- Cell migration
- Cell plasticity
- Cell polarization
- Cell proliferation
- Cell signaling
- Cell sorting
- Cell spreading
- Cell turnover
- Cell-cell recognition
- Cell-in-cell formation
- Cell-mediated immunity
- Cellular reprogramming
- Cellular senescence
- Cellular stress response
- Cementogenesis
- Central pattern generation
- Central sensitization
- Centrosome duplication
- Cephalic phase
- Cerebellum development
- Cerebral autoregulation
- Cerebral circulation
- Cerebrospinal fluid circulation
- Cerebrospinal fluid production
- Cervical dilation
- Cervical mucus production
- Cervical ripening
- Cervico-collic reflex
- Cervico-ocular reflex
- Cervico-spinal reflex
- cGAS-STING signaling
- Chaddock reflex
- Chaperone-mediated autophagy
- Chemesthesis
- Chemical buffering
- Chemiosmosis
- Chemokinesis
- Chemoreceptor reflex
- Chemoreceptor trigger zone activation
- Chemotaxis
- Child development
- Chloride shift
- Cholecystokinin secretion
- Cholecystokinin synthesis
- Cholesterol metabolism
- Cholesterol synthesis
- Cholinergic transmission
- Chondrocyte differentiation
- Chondrogenesis
- Chromatin remodeling
- Chromosome condensation
- Chromosome segregation
- Chronic inflammation
- Chunking
- Churchill-Cope reflex
- Chyle formation
- Chylomicron formation
- Chyme formation
- Ciliary beating
- Ciliospinal reflex
- Cilium assembly
- Circadian blood pressure rhythm
- Circasemidian rhythm
- Circaseptan rhythm
- Citrullination
- Clasp-knife response
- Class switching
- Classical complement pathway
- Classical conditioning
- Clathrin-independent endocytosis
- Clitoral erection
- Cloacal respiration
- Clonal anergy
- Clonal deletion
- Clonal hematopoiesis
- Clonal selection
- Clonus
- Clot retraction
- Cluster feeding
- Coagulative necrosis
- Cofactor biosynthesis
- Cognitive aging
- Cognitive development
- Cognitive flexibility
- Cold sensation
- Cold shock response
- Collagen production
- Collateral circulation
- Collecting duct acid secretion
- Collective-amoeboid transition
- Colonic absorption
- Colostrum production
- Common coagulation pathway
- Compensatory growth
- Complement activation
- Complement-mediated lysis
- Comprehension
- Concept formation
- Conditioned emotional response
- Conditioned reflex
- Conditioned taste aversion
- Consciousness
- Consensual light reflex
- Contact guidance
- Contact inhibition
- Convergence
- Copper metabolism
- Cori cycle
- Corneal reflex
- Corollary discharge
- Coronary circulation
- Corpus luteum maintenance
- Cortical reaction
- Cortical spreading depression
- Cortisol synthesis
- Costal breathing
- Cotransport
- Countercurrent heat exchange
- Countercurrent multiplication
- Crassulacean acid metabolism
- Creatine synthesis
- Creatinine formation
- Cremasteric reflex
- CRH secretion
- Crinophagy
- Cross-presentation
- Cross-priming
- Crossed extensor reflex
- Crossing over
- Cuproptosis
- Cushing reflex
- Cutaneous blood flow regulation
- Cutaneous elimination
- Cutaneous reflex
- Cyclic alternating pattern
- Cysteine and methionine metabolism
- Cytokine release
- Cytokinesis
- Cytolysis
- Cytophagocytosis
- Cytoplasmic streaming
- Cytoskeleton organization
- Cytotoxicity
- D-amino acid metabolism
- Dazzle reflex
- Dealkylation
- Deamination
- Decarboxylation
- Decidualization
- Default mode network activity
- Defecation reflex
- Degranulation
- Dehydration synthesis
- Delayed hypersensitivity
- Delta waves
- Delta-chain T-cell receptor gene rearrangement
- Demineralization
- Dendritic spike
- Dentinogenesis
- Dephosphorylation
- Depolarization
- Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition
- Derepression
- Desensitization
- Determination of affect
- Detrusor contraction
- Detumescence
- Detyrosination
- Developmental gene expression regulation
- Developmental plasticity
- DHEA secretion
- Diakinesis
- Diapedesis
- Diaphragm contraction
- Diastole
- Dihydrotestosterone secretion
- Dihydrotestosterone synthesis
- Dimerization
- Diplotene
- Discrimination learning
- Dishabituation
- Disulfide bond formation
- Disulfidptosis
- Diuresis
- Diurnal cortisol rhythm
- Diving reflex
- DNA damage response
- DNA demethylation
- DNA end resection
- DNA fragmentation
- DNA methylation
- DNA re-replication
- DNA synthesis
- DNA unwinding
- Dopamine reuptake
- Dopamine synthesis
- Dopaminergic transmission
- Dopaminylation
- Double-strand break repair
- Down-regulation
- Ductus arteriosus closure
- Durotaxis
- Ear growth
- Early induced immune response
- Ears popping
- Eccrine sweating
- Ectopic recombination
- Efferocytosis
- Eicosanoid synthesis
- Elastic recoil
- Elastin production
- Electrolyte balance
- Electron transport chain
- Electrotonic conduction
- Embryo hatching
- Embryonic cleavage
- Embryonic folding
- Embryonic hematopoiesis
- Embryonic induction
- Emotion perception
- Emotion processing
- Emperipolesis
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Absorption
- Active transport
- Allergic reaction
- Anaphylaxis
- Antibody production
- Balance
- Bedwetting
- Bile secretion
- Binary fission
- Bioluminescence
- Blistering
- Blood clotting
- Blood pressure regulation
- Blood sugar regulation
- Blushing
- Bone healing
- Brain waves
- Callus formation
- Cell cycle
- Cell division
- Cellular respiration
- Chemical digestion
- Childbirth
- Circadian rhythm
- Color vision
- Concentrating
- Conception
- Cortisol release
- Daydreaming
- Decision making
- Decomposition
- Depth perception
- Detoxification
- Diffusion
- DNA repair
- DNA replication
- Dopamine release
- Earwax production
- Echolocation
- Embryonic development
- Endorphin release
- Excretion
- Executive function
- Exhaling
- Facial hair growth
- Fat storage
- Female ejaculation
- Fetal development
- Fetal movement
- Fight-or-flight response
- Filtering blood
- Flinching
- Forgetting
- Gas exchange
- Gleeking
- Going gray
- Grasp reflex
- Growth spurt
- Hair shedding
- Heart racing
- Homeostasis
- Hormone secretion
- Hot flashes
- Human development
- Hypertrophy
- Hyperventilation
- Hypnic jerk
- Imagining
- Immune response
- Implantation
- Inflammation
- Inhaling
- Insulin secretion
- Ketosis
- Kidney stone formation
- Knee-jerk reflex
- Labor contractions
- Lactation
- Lactic acid fermentation
- Learning
- Light sleep
- Long-term memory
- Losing baby teeth
- Lucid dreaming
- Mechanical digestion
- Meiosis
- Menopause
- Mitosis
- Molting
- Morning wood
- Mucus production
- Muscle contraction
- Muscle growth
- Muscle memory
- Nerve conduction
- Neuroplasticity
- Non-REM sleep
- Nutrition
- Osmosis
- Ovulation
- Pain perception
- Passing a kidney stone
- Passive transport
- Peripheral vision
- Peristalsis
- Problem solving
- Protein synthesis
- Queefing
- Reflex
- REM sleep
- Remembering
- Rigor mortis
- Rumination
- Salivation
- Scabbing
- Scarring
- Secretion
- Sensation
- Sexual arousal
- Short-term memory
- Sighing
- Sleep cycles
- Smegma formation
- Spawning
- Startle reflex
- Stomach acid production
- Swelling
- Tanning
- Tearing up
- Thermoregulation
- Throat clearing
- Tickle response
- Tissue repair
- Transpiration
- Trembling
- Vaginal discharge
- Voice breaking
- Water breaking
- Weight gain
- Weight loss
- Wet dream
- Working memory
- Wrinkling
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Acid reflux
- Aging
- Bleeding
- Bruising
- Chewing
- Circulation
- Crying
- Death
- Diarrhea
- Dreaming
- Drooling
- Ejaculation
- Erection
- Evolution
- Fainting
- Fever
- Gagging
- Goosebumps
- Growth
- Hair growth
- Healing
- Hearing
- Hibernation
- Hiccups
- Joint cracking
- Laughing
- Menstruation
- Metabolism
- Metamorphosis
- Muscle cramp
- Nail growth
- Orgasm
- Panting
- Photosynthesis
- Pollination
- Pregnancy
- Puberty
- Reproduction
- Seeing
- Seizure
- Sex
- Shivering
- Smelling
- Smiling
- Snoring
- Stomach growling
- Swallowing
- Tasting
- Thinking
- Throwing up
- Touch
- Twitching
- Waking up
- Wound healing
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Blinking
- Breathing
- Burping
- Coughing
- Digestion
- Drinking
- Eating
- Farting
- Heartbeat
- Peeing
- Pooping
- Sleeping
- Sneezing
- Sweating
- Yawning
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