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(n)
Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
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The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
A clue.
A mark left by something that has passed along.
(countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
(skiing) A downhill trail.
An act of tracing.
(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.
An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
One who, or that which, locates.
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
(adj)
Having an index, or arranged in an index.
Synonym of handbook.
(obsolete) index
(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
(typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
A prescribed quantity or extent.
a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
A pointer or index that indicates something.
A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
(formal) Indications or signs.
Having been comprehended.
A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
A number representing a comparison between two named things.
More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
Something that anticipates, predicts, or foretells.
Anything that points or is used for pointing.
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
Announcement; declaration.
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
Something serving as an expression of something else.
A card containing a clue.
(computing, slang) A cluon (hypothetical particle of cluefulness).
(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
A twisted cord; a tassel.
(obsolete) A claw.
(nautical) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
One who cues.
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
(sailing) Alternative spelling of clewline. [(sailing) Outermost of the ropes with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard]
Synonym of glossary: a key to the meaning of various terms.
(now Appalachia) Pronunciation spelling of coil. [Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.]
A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
(nautical) The spiral groove between the strands of a rope.
A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
(informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
A surname.
(dated) A flourish; a caper.
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
(v)
Alternative form of clutch. [(transitive) To seize, as though with claws.]
(obsolete) A bishop's crook or crosier.
Alternative form of cleary. [A clear marble (sphere used in games), usually colored, but without decoration or design.]
Alternative form of cueing. [The act or process by which something is cued.]
(music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.
Synonym of telltale compass.
Alternative form of clootie. [(Scotland) A piece of rag.]
Archaic form of coil. [Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.]
A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.
(Scotland, England dialect) A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.
(architecture) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
(now rare, historical) A canopy, especially one over a bed or altar.
Obsolete spelling of curch. [(Scotland) A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.]