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Cotton and leather boot laces are simply no match for paracord’s breaking strength, high knot strength, or durability, then or now.
THIS ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL TOOL CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE 10 DIFFERENT WAYSBY TIM MACWELCH/OUTDOOR LIFESEPTEMBER 15, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEVortex helicity has long been defined as the total number of links and knots in a vortex or in a connected group of vortices.
AN UNEXPECTED TWIST LIGHTS UP THE SECRETS OF TURBULENCEDAVID H. FREEDMANSEPTEMBER 3, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEIf such a fluid existed, then no matter what changes a vortex or group of linked vortices in the fluid went through, the number of links and knots would add up to the same number.
AN UNEXPECTED TWIST LIGHTS UP THE SECRETS OF TURBULENCEDAVID H. FREEDMANSEPTEMBER 3, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEIn the season 7 finale, George and Susan were finally tying the knot and George’s wallet was taking a beating.
SCIENCE OF ‘SEINFELD’LGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSThe rules predict only the relative strength of each knot — that is, whether one knot is stronger than another.
COLOR-CHANGING FIBERS HELP UNRAVEL A KNOTTY PROBLEMEMILY CONOVERJANUARY 31, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSAt the head they insert a bamboo knot, with its point well sharpened into two edges.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSThis is called the "Investiture of the Top-knot," and is always attended by solemn ceremonies.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEIn accordance with that statement, he had decided that on the next day his son should be formally "invested" with the top-knot.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEHe went down the road, collected his little knot of listeners, and began the Song of the Girl.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGI asked sharply, and MacRae flung the same query over one shoulder as he fumbled at the tight-drawn latigo-knot.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO KNOT
- alter
- angle
- belie
- bend
- bias
- buckle
- change
- collapse
- color
- con
- contort
- crush
- curve
- deceive
- decline
- deteriorate
- deviate
- disfigure
- doctor
- fake
- fudge
- garble
- gnarl
- knot
- lie
- make out like
- mangle
- melt
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misrepresent
- misshape
- pervert
- phony up
- put one on
- sag
- scam
- slant
- slump
- snow
- torture
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- whitewash
- wind
- wrench
- writhe
- altering
- angling
- belying
- bending
- biasing
- buckling
- changing
- collapsing
- coloring
- conning
- contorting
- crushing
- curving
- deceiving
- declining
- deteriorating
- deviating
- disfiguring
- doctoring
- faking
- fudging
- garbling
- gnarling
- knotting
- lying
- making out like
- mangling
- melting
- misconstruing
- misinterpreting
- misrepresenting
- misshaping
- perverting
- phony up
- putting one on
- sagging
- scamming
- slanting
- slumping
- snowing
- torturing
- trumping up
- twisting
- warping
- whitewashing
- winding
- wrenching
- writhing
- 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
- bewilder
- burden
- catch
- clog
- come on
- complicate
- compromise
- confuse
- corner
- dishevel
- duke in
- embarrass
- embrangle
- embroil
- enchain
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entrap
- fetter
- hamper
- hook
- impede
- implicate
- intertangle
- intertwine
- interweave
- jumble
- knot
- lead on
- mat
- muddle
- perplex
- puzzle
- ravel
- rope in
- set up
- snag
- snare
- snarl
- swindle
- tangle
- trammel
- trap
- twist
- unsettle
- bewildered
- burdened
- came on
- caught
- clogged
- complicated
- compromised
- confused
- cornered
- dishevelled
- duke in
- embarrassed
- embrangled
- embroiled
- enchained
- enmeshed
- ensnared
- entrapped
- fettered
- hampered
- hooked
- impeded
- implicated
- intertangled
- intertwined
- interweaved
- jumbled
- knotted
- led on
- matted
- muddled
- perplexed
- puzzled
- ravelled
- rope in
- set up
- snagged
- snared
- snarled
- swindled
- tangled
- trammeled
- trapped
- twisted
- unsettled
- band
- bloc
- bunch
- cabal
- camp
- caucus
- cell
- circle
- clan
- clique
- club
- coalition
- combination
- combine
- combo
- concern
- conclave
- confederacy
- conspiracy
- contingent
- coterie
- crew
- crowd
- design
- division
- entente
- gang
- guild
- insiders
- intrigue
- junta
- knot
- lobby
- machine
- minority
- mob
- network
- offshoot
- outfit
- partnership
- party
- pressure group
- ring
- schism
- sect
- section
- sector
- set
- side
- splinter group
- team
- unit
- wing
- bands
- blocs
- bunches
- cabals
- camps
- caucuses
- cells
- circles
- clans
- cliques
- clubs
- coalitions
- combinations
- combines
- combos
- concerns
- conclaves
- confederacies
- conspiracies
- contingents
- coteries
- crews
- crowds
- designs
- divisions
- ententes
- gangs
- guilds
- insiders
- intrigues
- juntas
- knots
- lobbies
- machines
- minorities
- mobs
- networks
- offshoots
- outfits
- parties
- partnerships
- pressure groups
- rings
- schisms
- sections
- sectors
- sects
- sets
- sides
- splinter groups
- teams
- units
- wings
- adhere
- affix
- anchor
- attach
- band
- bar
- batten
- belt
- bind
- bolt
- bond
- brace
- button
- catch
- cement
- chain
- cleave
- close
- cohere
- connect
- couple
- embed
- establish
- fix
- freeze to
- girth
- glue
- grip
- hitch
- hitch on
- hold
- hook
- hook up
- implant
- infix
- jam
- knot
- lace
- leash
- link
- lock
- lodge
- make firm
- moor
- mortise
- nail
- rivet
- rope
- screw
- seal
- set
- settle
- solder
- stay put
- stick
- strengthen
- string
- tack on
- tag
- tie
- tighten
- truss
- unite
- wedge
- weld
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