| Main Entry: | twister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
Synonyms: |
cyclone, tornado, typhoon, whirlwind |
| Main Entry: | enigma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mystery |
Synonyms: |
Gordian knot, bewilderment, cliffhanger, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, grabber, knot*, mind-boggler, mind-twister, mystification, parable, perplexity, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, question, question mark, riddle, secret, sixty-four dollar question, sphinx, sticker, stickler, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, twister, why* |
| Main Entry: | hurricane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent windstorm |
Synonyms: |
blow, cyclone, gale, line storm, monsoon, storm, tempest, tornado, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind |
| Notes: | a hurricane is a severe tropical storm that starts east of the International Date Line (Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico) and a typhoon is a severe tropical storm that starts west of this line (Pacific Ocean, China Sea) |
| Main Entry: | mystery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, secret |
Synonyms: |
abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
Antonyms: |
known, understanding |
| Main Entry: | problem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, question |
Synonyms: |
brainteaser, bugaboo, cliff-hanger, conundrum, enigma, example, grabber, illustration, intricacy, mind-boggler, mystery, poser, puzzler, query, riddle, sixty-four thousand dollar question, stickler, stumper, teaser, twister |
Antonyms: |
solution |
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain-teaser |
Synonyms: |
bewilderment, brain-twister, charade, closed book, complexity, complication, confusion, conundrum, cryptogram, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, entanglement, intricacy, knotty question, labyrinth, maze, mind-boggler, mystery, mystification, perplexity, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, question, rebus, sixty-four dollar question, stickler, strait, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, tough proposition, twister |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong weather |
Synonyms: |
blast, blizzard, blow, cloudburst, cyclone, disturbance, downpour, gale, gust, hurricane, monsoon, precip, precipitation, raining cats and dogs, snowstorm, squall, tempest, tornado, twister, whirlwind, windstorm |
Antonyms: |
calm, clearness |
| Main Entry: | cyclone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destructive wind |
Synonyms: |
twister, typhoon, windstorm |
| Main Entry: | stickler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle |
Synonyms: |
enigma, mystery, paradox, riddle, stumper, teaser, twister |
| Main Entry: | tornado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
Synonyms: |
cyclone, funnel, storm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind, wind |