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noun
- A difficult or confounding problem.
- An obviously gay man.
- Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
- A queen.
- Place; situation
- A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- A woman.
- Friend.
- A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
verb
noun
- A difficulty or problem.
- A loan.
- An act of rubbing.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
verb
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To touch the jack with the bowl.
- To be rubbed against something.
- To rub something against (a second thing).
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
noun
- A problem or difficulty with something.
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- A sausage.
- A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
- A goal.
- A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
- A dead tree that remains standing.
- A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
- Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
- A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
verb
- To obtain or pick up.
- To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
- To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
- To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
noun
- A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
- Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
- A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
- Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
noun
- A difficulty or predicament.
- Crime, offence, wrongdoing.
- Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence of praemunire.
- The penalty for this offence.
- The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
- The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias.
verb
noun
- A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
- Corporeal object.
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- A romantic relationship.
- Alternate form of ting.
- One's typical routine, habits, or manner. (Used in possessive constructions.)
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
- A living being or creature.
- A penis.
- Whatever can be owned.
- Girl; attractive woman.
- Clothes, possessions or equipment.
- That which matters; the crux.
- A romantic couple.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
verb
noun
- A difficult circumstance or problem.
- A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
- Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
noun
- A problem or difficult situation.
- Stuff, things.
- Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- The act of shitting.
- Rubbish; worthless matter.
- Anything exceptional or remarkable.
- (in negations) Anything.
- Nonsense; bullshit.
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- A strong rebuke.
- Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
- A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- (the shit) The best of its kind.
adj
intj
- Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
- Used to show displeasure or surprise.
- Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
verb
adj
noun
noun
- A difficult problem.
- Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- A dirty or slovenly person.
- A police officer.
- A lecherous or sexist man.
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
- A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- A very obese person.
- An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
- A block of cast metal.
- earthenware, or an earthenware shard
verb
noun
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
abbrev
- Understand you; comprehend you.
- Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.
- Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.
- Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.
- Got you by surprise; exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
noun
noun
- A difficult task or challenge.
- An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
- Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
- A woman's large breast.
- The twenty-first Lenormand card.
noun
- an onerous or difficult concern
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
verb
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
noun
- A complicated or confused state or condition.
- Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
- An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
- A tangled twisted mass.
- A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
- Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
- A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
- An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
- A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
verb
adj
- Difficult to understand; complicated.
- Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
- Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
- Rolled inward spirally.
- Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
verb
noun
noun
- The profound part of a problem.
- A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- A deep shade of colour.
- A silent time; quiet isolation.
- The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- A fielding position near the boundary.
- The sea, the ocean.
adj
- In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
- Positioned or reaching far, especially down through something or into something.
- Voluminous.
- Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference.
- Low in pitch.
- Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
- Distant in the past, ancient.
- Significant, not superficial, in extent.
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
- Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
- Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
- Thick.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
- Highly saturated; rich.
- Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
adv
noun
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- A repair or corrective action.
- A determination of location.
- A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
verb
- To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
- To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- To convert into a stable or available form.
- To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- To mend, to repair.
- To prepare (food or drink).
- To map a (point or subset) to itself.
prep_phrase
adj
- Complicated.
- Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
- Various in kind or quality; diverse.
- Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
noun
- A copy made by the manifold writing process.
- A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
- The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
- A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
- A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ and is Hausdorff.
verb
adv
noun
- An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.
- A slow-moving traffic jam.
- A squabble.
- A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.
- A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.
- The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
verb
- To be congested in traffic, or to make traffic congested.
- To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
- To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
- To become entangled.
- To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
- To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.
- To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
- To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.
noun
- A complex question, whose wording hinders the ability to answer it correctly.
- A question that tries to make someone answer in a certain way, usually incorrectly (i.e. that seems to have an obvious answer that is however incorrect), or that doesn't have a correct answer or that hides the real question or some difficulty. Usually a loaded question.
noun
- A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
- A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
- A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ; a sulcus.
- A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
verb
noun
- a problem requiring investigation
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- the actual state of things
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person requiring professional services
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- the quantity contained in a case
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
verb
noun
- A difficult or demoralizing situation.
- Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
- A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
- Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
- Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
- A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
adj
- Difficult, tricky.
- Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
- Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
- Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
- Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
- Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
- Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
- Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
- Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- Powerful; fierce; strong.
- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
verb
- To be of some level of importance.
- To have as intentions of a given kind.
- To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean
- To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
- Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
- Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
- To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
- To lament.
- To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
noun
- The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
- Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
- The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
- Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
- Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
- A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
noun
- A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
- A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
- A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.
- A sudden pull.
- A period of time spent in the military.
- Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
- A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.
verb
- To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
- To attach, tie or fasten.
- To pull with a jerk.
- To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
- To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
- To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
noun
- A problem.
- A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
- A complex number.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- A network of interconnected systems.
adj
- A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
verb
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