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Insurmountable

Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.

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Insuperable 84% connected

Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.

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Insuperable 84% connected

Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.

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Unconquerable 84% connected

Not conquerable; indomitable.

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Unconquerable 84% connected

Not conquerable; indomitable.

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Impossible 66% connected

Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under t…

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Impossible 66% connected

Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under t…

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Insuperable 92% connected

Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.

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Unsurmountable 92% connected

Insurmountable.

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Surmountable 94% connected

Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.

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Surmountable 94% connected

Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.

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Alp noun · 78% connection

Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.

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Assail verb · 78% connection

To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.

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Bridge verb · 78% connection

To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.

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Capstan noun · 78% connection

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

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Cross noun · 78% connection

A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing C…

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Crossbones n. pl. · 78% connection

A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a s…

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Crown-imperial noun · 78% connection

A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped f…

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Crowned p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consum…

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Debruised adjective · 78% connection

Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.

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Difficulty noun · 78% connection

Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseveranc…

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Facile adjective · 78% connection

Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.

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Hornbill noun · 78% connection

bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers

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Impassable adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.

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Impertransible adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being passed through.

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Inexsuperable adjective · 78% connection

Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.

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Inextricable adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or diffic…

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Insuperability noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.

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Invincible adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.

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