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(n)
Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
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(idiomatic) A person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling.
(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
(adj)
Difficult to understand.
(uncountable) The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague.
An indefinite expanse.
Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
Open to multiple interpretations.
An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
(informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
(uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
Difficult to understand; abstruse.
Anything that is beyond understanding.
(informal) Weirdness.
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.
(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
Something unexpected.
A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
Having an inclination to secrecy.
The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
(mythology, folklore, fantasy) A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
A male magic-user; a male witch; a wizard.
Someone who practices mysticism.
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
A man.
(music) A comic opera
(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
The lowest part of anything.
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
(informal) A difficult puzzle or problem.
(derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.
Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
The state or quality of being perplexed.
The condition of being inscrutable
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
(figuratively, informal) Something particularly puzzling or confusing.
The state of being bewildered.
Archaic form of mystery (“a trade”). [Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.]
The quality of being mysterious.
the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
Not yet solved.
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Very hard to understand; baffling.
A detective.
The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.
(uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively (when used with definite article: "the supernatural")
(uncountable) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
(countable) An odd or strange thing or opinion.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being weird.
(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.
Not solvable.
A surname.
(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
(uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
Mysterious.
That causes perplexity.
(v)
To figure out the answer to (a riddle).
Not revealed; hidden; secret.
The state or condition of being fascinated.
Detective work.
The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
The quality of being ghostly.
(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
(with the) Paranormal phenomenona collectively: all things paranormal; things with paranormality.
One who devises puzzles for others to solve.
A state, arousal, or thing describable by wonder, strange, awe, surprise, marvel, or astonishment.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being odd.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical.
An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.