Knotty: alternatives and connections

Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

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Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

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of Crook

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of Crook

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Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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of Tangle

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of Tangle

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To growl; to snarl.

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To growl; to snarl.

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A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.

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The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.

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of Baffle

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A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.

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Having convolutions.

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Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

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of Gnarl

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Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

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of Involve

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Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.

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of Knot

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Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.

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Alt. of Problematical

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Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.

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of Snarl

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of Tangle

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Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

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Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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