The doctor is trying to solve many of the riddles of cancer.
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Riddles
Synonyms for "riddles" (430 found)
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Noun(3 words)
conundrumpermeateanagramanswerarabesqueassortaugerbabblebafflebafflementbasketrybasketworkbe beyond onebe greek tobe too deepbeat onebewildermentbiteblazeblaze a trail
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blemishblotchblow to piecesblow upboltbolterborebotherbottombrainbrain teaserbrandbring downbroachburn to deathcancellationcategorizechalkchalk upcharadechargecheckcheck offchinese puzzlecicatrizeclarifierclassifyclear upcockcolandercollateconfoundmentconfusioncordoncordon offcountersinkcrackcradlecribblecribriformitycribrositycross hatchingcross-hatchingcrossing-outcullcull outcut downcut to piecesdappledark horsedashdeal a deathblowdebugdecipherdecodedefinedelimitdemarcatedetonate
Verb(4 words)
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dilemmadischargediscolordiscomposuredisconcertdisconcertednessdisconcertiondisconcertmentdisentangledisintegratedisturbancedividedivinedodopedope outdotdrilldropeject
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embarrassmentempierceengraveenigmaescape oneexplainfathomfellfigure outfiligreefillfilterfind outfind the answerfind the solutionfirefire offfixfleckfragfrecklefretfretworkfrontierfrontiers of knowledgegashgetget rightghettoizegibbergingoregougegouge outgradategradegrategratinggridgridirongrillegrillworkgroupguessguess rightgungun downgun forhachurehatchhatchinghave ithithit ithit the nail on the headholehoneycombimpaleimpressimprintincinerateinfectinfestinsulateinterlacementinterpretintertextureintertwinementisolatejamjugulatekeep apartkeep asidelacelacerylaceworklacinglancelapidatelatticelatticeworklay asidelay lowlet flylet offlinelixiviatorloadlogogriphlose onemake a markmake outmarkmark offmark outmatter of ignorancemeshmeshesmeshworkmottlemysterymystificationn
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need explanationneedlenetnettingnetworknicknonplusnot make sensenot penetratenotchopen the lockpass comprehensionpeltpencilpenetratepepperpercolatorperforateperplexperplexity
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perturbationpervadepick offpick outpicklepiercepinkpistolplexureplexusplightplugplumbpointpoleaxporosityporousnessposerpotpotherpotshootpotshotpredicamentprickprimeprintproblempsychpsych outpunchpunctuatepuncturepurifierput asidepuzzlepuzzle outpuzzlementquandaryquarantinequestionraddlerankravelravel outreamream outrebusrefinerrefineryresolvereticlereticulationreticulereticulumrockerrun throughscarscarifyscorescotchscrapescratchscreenscreeningsealsealed bookseamsecludesegregateseparateset apartset asideshootshoot atshoot downshoot to deathshotgunsievesievelikenesssiftsiftersilencesizeskewersnipesolvesortsort outsorterspeak in tonguesspearspeckspecklespikespitsplotchspongespotspreadstabstab to deathstainstampstewstickstigmatizestonestone to deathstrainerstreakstriatestrikestrike deadstripesubordinatetake a potshottalk double dutchtaptattooterra incognitatexturethe incalculablethe strangethe unfamiliarthe unknowablethe unknownthrashthreshticktick offtissuetorpedotracetracerytransfixtranspiercetrellistrellisworktrepantrephineunassurednessunderlineunderscoreundounexplored groundunexplored territoryunknownunknown quantityunlockunravelunriddleunscrambleuntangleuntwistunweaveupsetvaporizewattleweaveweavingwebwebbingwebworkweftwhywickerwickerworkwinnowwinnowing basketwinnowing fanwinnowing machineworkwork outxz
Noun(1 words)
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This chapter will focus on the riddles of the planets.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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Beauty is a terrible and awful thing! It is terrible because it has not been fathomed, for God sets us nothing but riddles. Here the boundaries meet and all contradictions exist side by side.
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