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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.
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.
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).
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
noun
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.
adv
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.
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.
adj
- Unnecessarily complicated.
- Of a superior grade.
- Executed with skill.
- Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
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
verb
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
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 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 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.
adv
noun
- Crack cocaine.
- A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
- Hard labor.
- A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
adj
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Containing alcohol.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- Strong.
- Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Unquestionable, unequivocal.
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- Tough and muscular.
- High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- Far, extreme.
- Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- Resistant to pressure.
- hardcore
- Plosive.
- Unvoiced.
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.
noun
verb
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 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.
adj
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- 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.
noun
- 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.
- A problem.
- 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
noun
- A difficult situation.
- A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- An official determination of placement.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Penalty spot.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- An autosoliton.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A parking space.
- One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A decimal point; point.
- A location or area.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
verb
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
- To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
adj
noun
- A difficult situation.
- A jumble of felled timber.
- A large cash prize or money.
- A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
- A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
- An unexpected windfall or reward.
- A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
verb
noun
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- A tangled clump.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a mile.)
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- The bulbus glandis.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A node.
- A group of people or things.
- A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- In omegaverse fiction, a bulbus glandis-like structure on the penis of a male alpha, which ties him to an omega during intercourse.
- A nautical mile.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
verb
noun
- A difficult situation.
- A forceful dunk.
- balls, bollocks, courage, machismo
- A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
- A song; a track.
- The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
- A play during which points can be scored.
- Luck.
- A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
- An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
- A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
- An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
- Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
- Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
- That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
verb
- To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
- To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
- To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
- To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
- To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
- To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
- To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
- To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
- To attempt to score points.
- To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
- To dunk.
- To render something unable to move.
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
noun
adj
adj
noun
- The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- The act or process of complicating.
- A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
- A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
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
adj
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