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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 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
- 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
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.
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
- To defecate.
- To excrete (something) through the anus.
- To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
- To annoy.
adj
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
adj
- Complicated.
- Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
- Various in kind or quality; diverse.
- Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
adv
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
verb
- To solve a difficult problem.
- To change rapidly in register.
- To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- To form cracks.
- To make a cracking sound.
- To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- To make a crack or cracks in.
- To make a sharply humorous comment.
- To open slightly.
- To overcome a security system or component.
- To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- To strike forcefully.
- To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- To tell (a joke).
- To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- To cause to make a sharp sound.
- To realize that one is transgender.
- To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).
- To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
adj
noun
- An attempt at something.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- Vagina.
- The space between the buttocks.
- A narrow opening.
- Any sharp sound.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- a meaningful chat.
- Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- Business; events; news.
- Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
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
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 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 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 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
- An answer to a problem.
- A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid; dissolution.
verb
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.
adj
- Overly and needlessly complicated.
- Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
- Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
- Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
- Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
- Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
noun
adj
- Unnecessarily complicated.
- Of a superior grade.
- Executed with skill.
- Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
verb
- To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- would like
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- To breed (animals) as a hobby.
- To be sexually attracted to.
- To imagine, suppose.
noun
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
- A whim.
- The imagination.
- A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
- Love or amorous attachment.
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
adv
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.
verb
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.
noun
- a difficult juncture
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (military) a written leave of absence
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- a complimentary ticket
- a usually brief attempt
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
verb
- go across or through
- move past
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- for time to move forward
- place into the hands or custody of
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- travel past
- come to pass
- go unchallenged; be approved
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- pass over, across, or through
- transmit information
- disappear gradually
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- be superior or better than some standard
- accept or judge as acceptable
- allow to go without comment or censure
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- throw (a ball) to another player
- be inherited by
- cause to pass
- grant authorization or clearance for
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
adj
noun
noun
- a difficult juncture
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- a single domestic animal
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- a person who is in charge
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- the top of something
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- an individual person
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a rounded compact mass
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- forward movement
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the subject matter at issue
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- the striking part of a tool
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- oral stimulation of the genitals
verb
verb
- To say with difficulty.
- To become known.
- To leave a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
- To help (someone) leave.
- To spend free time out of the house.
- To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
- To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
- To publish or make available; to disseminate.
- To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
- To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
- To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
- To leave or escape.
intj
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 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.
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