knot en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /nɑt/ (General-American)
- /nɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- nŏt (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- nŏt (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”). See also Old High German knoto (German Knoten, Dutch knot, Low German Knütte; also Old Norse knútr > Danish knude, Swedish knut, Norwegian knute, Faroese knútur, Icelandic hnútur; also Latin nōdus and its Romance descendants. Doublet of knout, node, and nodus. * (unit of speed): From the practice of counting the number of knots in the logline (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a mile.
Meanings
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A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.
1911, James George Frazer, chapter V, in Taboo and the Perils of the Soul (The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 310:Climbers must make sure that all knots are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.
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A tangled clump of hair or similar.
The nurse was brushing knots from the protesting child's hair.
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A maze-like pattern.
Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art / In beds and curious knots, but nature boon / Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
A knot can be defined as a non-self-intersecting broken line whose endpoints coincide: when such a knot is constrained to lie in a plane, then it is simply a polygon.
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A difficult situation.
A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of business, and contrary affairs.
1664, Robert South, A Sermon Preached Before the University at Christ-Church, Oxon:I got into a knot when I inadvertently insulted a policeman.
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The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
When preparing to tell stories at a campfire, I like to set aside a pile of pine logs with lots of knots, since they burn brighter and make dramatic pops and cracks.
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Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
Jeremy had a knot on his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
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Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
[T]he Queen who sat / With lips severely placid, felt the knot / Climb in her throat, […]
1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 185:
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
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The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
the knot of the tale
- A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
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A group of people or things.
The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers, who craned their necks and strained their eyes in the vain hope of catching some glimpse of the proceedings within.
1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, page 39:In the interval between Sunday School and Church when the congregation stretched its legs, I saw Atticus standing in the yard with another knot of men.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 15, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:When, for instance, he saw a knot of the ruffians on the prairie, discussing, of course, the single topic which then occupied their minds, he would, perhaps, take his compass and one of his sons, and proceed to run an imaginary line right through the very spot on which that conclave had assembled, and when he came up to them, he would naturally pause and have some talk with them, learning their news, and, at last, all their plans perfectly; and having thus completed his real survey he would resume his imaginary one, and run on his line till he was out of sight.
1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown:As they sat together in small, separate knots, they discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief.
1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:his ancient knot of dangerous adversarie
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, (1968), page 20, He pushed through knots of whalemen grouped with their families and friends, and surrounded by piles of luggage.
At corners, under the lights, near drugstores, small knots of white, bright, chattering people showed teeth to each other, pawed each other, whistled for taxis, were whirled away in them, vanished through the doors of drugstores or into the blackness of side streets.
1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 4:
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A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
[I]t were very fit, […] to observe carefully this previous betrothing of ourselves, ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed.
1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; […] if he is haſty or pettiſh with any one else in company, she may depend on the ſame fate when once the knot is tied.
1795, Joseph Addison, “An Essay on Card-playing”, in Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments; Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, page 67:[I come] to crave a league of amity, And lastly, to confirm that amity With nuptial knot […]
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
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A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
Here in Franklin Bay during our first season we hurtle along at 20 knots, dodging ice floes littering the surface.
1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 588:Cedric claimed his old yacht could make 12 knots.
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A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
In the early stages of reentry, due to the extremely-rarefied air at these altitudes, the space shuttle flew at only one to a few knots equivalent airspeed, even when its actual speed was many thousands of knots.
- A nautical mile.
- (slang) The bulbus glandis.
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(collective) A group of snakes, intertwined.
Male snakes are expected to return from hunting in September, at which point it’s expected the massive knot of snakes will hibernate and the feed will go dormant until spring.
July 17, 2024, Adam Kovac, “Livestream Offers a Close-Up View of Thousands of Rattlesnakes in a ‘Mega Den’”, in Gizmodo:I have only once come across the spectacular sight of a tightly packed knot of adders sleeping together when my dogs disturbed earth under rocks on a south-facing hillside in Glen Lyon.
(Can we date this quote?), Polly Pullar, Poisonous Reputation, Scottish Field, page 107:
Forms
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Deriveds
schoolboy knot · tie the knot · true-love knot · cut the Gordian knot · loop-knot · rose knot · cut the knot · Windsor knot · milk knot · Bantu knot · Euro death-knot · handcuff knot · KTAS · knotweed · human knot · unknot · Suebian knot · thief knot · Ashley's stopper knot · Shelby knot · witch-knot · KIAS · binding knot · weaver's knot · honda knot · root-knot nematode · knotlike · beer knot · true lover's knot · Nubian knot · sack knot · knotful · grass knot · knotoid · Pratt knot · pseudoknot · pretzel knot · knotberry · knottable · hair-knot · French knot · bag knot · balloon knot · slice knot · stopper knot · get knotted · overhand knot · English knot · knot garden · Conway knot · Celtic knot · Albright knot · knothole · pump knot · fireman's chair knot · granny knot · butterfly knot · fire-escape knot · true-love-knot · square knot · manharness knot · reef knot · seek a knot in a bulrush · wood knot · black knot · surfer's knot · double fisherman's knot · Grecian knot · Gordian knot · fat knot · get one's shorts in a knot · equalizer knot · nail knot · KCAS · knotty · slip knot · sword knot · tape knot · Stafford knot · endknot · lightwood-knot floater · knothead · topknot · bowknot · olive knot · garlic knot · Bachmann knot · shepherd's knot · breastknot · Lissajous knot · knotgrass · knotroot · knot invariant · cystine knot · waterman's knot · knot diagram · miller's knot · shoulder-knot · alternating knot · dolly knot · Fintushel-Stern knot · water knot · knotwort · thumb knot · underwriter's knot · Psyche knot · surgeon's knot · Solomon's knot · Ghiordes knot · constrictor knot · stevedore's knot · knottle · knotless · knot-horn · arbor knot · knotter · blood knot · running knot · shroud knot · angler's knot · hobble knot · grief knot · slipknot · kt · misknot · wall knot · get one's knickers in a knot · bowstring knot · knottin · Englishman's knot · knot theory · KEAS · Philadelphia knot · jufti knot · love knot · inknot · Turkish knot · reknot · Clytie knot · fisherman's knot · trefoil knot · alpine butterfly knot · barrel knot · grapevine knot · porter's knot · electrician's knot · interknot · knotwork · Suevian knot · knot span · burr knot · simple knot · Tom Fool's knot · kn
Relateds
shake (whorl in wood)
Synonyms
Translations (404)
ar عُقْدَة (nautical unit of speed) · hu csomó (looping) · aln ny (looping) · mk јазол (maze-like pattern) · he קֶשֶׁר (looping) · sw fundo (tangled clump) · fi solmu (nautical unit of speed) · kl qilerneq (looping) · ru у́зел (difficult situation) · el καρούμπαλο (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · uk ву́зол (looping) · ru клубо́к (difficult situation) · uk клуб (tangled clump) · mk џумка (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · ast nodiu (looping) · ar عُقْدَة (looping) · gl nó (looping) · yue 節 /节 (nautical unit of speed) · pt nó (whorl in wood left by branch) · sc nodu (looping) · is hnútur (nautical unit of speed) · pt nó (nautical unit of speed) · kk түйін (nautical unit of speed) · ast noyu (looping) · scn appurmuni (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · tyv доң (looping) · it nodo (looping) · nl knot (looping) · fi oksa (whorl in wood left by branch) · ckb گرێ (looping) · it nodo (nautical unit of speed) · et sõlm (looping) · hi गाँठ (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · cs chomáč (tangled clump) · mk колено (whorl in wood left by branch) · sh чво̑р ((mathematics) closed curve) · mi pūpeka (whorl in wood left by branch) · pt nó ((mathematics) closed curve) · zu ifindo (looping) · yi פּעקל (looping) · gd mìle-mara (nautical unit of speed) · hsb suk (looping) · mk јазол (nautical unit of speed) · lv māzers (whorl in wood left by branch) · sv knut (looping) · sv svullnad (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · sh чво̑р (whorl in wood left by branch) · ko 코 (looping) · sv bula (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · fi kiipeli (difficult situation) · cmn 苦境 (difficult situation) · ga alt (whorl in wood left by branch) · gd snaidhm (looping) · ko 결절 (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · cmn 結節 /结节 (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · oc nos (looping) · mi pūmanga (whorl in wood left by branch) · fur grop (looping) · fy knoop (looping) · ru сучо́к (a protuberant joint in a plant) · fa-ira گِرِهْ (tangled clump) · da hårdknude (difficult situation) · de Verlegenheit (difficult situation) · nb flein (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · oc noset (looping) · scn gruppu ((mathematics) closed curve) · nl buil (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · fr nœud (nautical unit of speed) · az düyün (looping) · fr nœud (tangled clump) · fr nœud (looping) · lt gumbas (whorl in wood left by branch) · gl cadorno (whorl in wood left by branch) · ru наро́ст (a protuberant joint in a plant) · ja 結節 (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · ota دوگوم (looping) · cy cwlwm (looping) · alt тӱйӱн (looping) · gd pluc (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · hu csomó (nautical unit of speed) · pt emaranhado (maze-like pattern) · nb knute (looping) · ro nod (looping) · br kouloum (looping) · ko 사마귀 (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · lmo nöd (looping) · cmn 節 /节 (nautical unit of speed) · uz tugun (looping) · sv knut ((mathematics) closed curve) · hi गाँठ (tangled clump) · de Knoten (tangled clump) · vi nút (looping) · os сыхуыл (looping) · cs uzel (looping) · fi solmu (difficult situation) · mk јазол (looping) · he קֶשֶׁר (nautical unit of speed) · tg гиреҳ (looping) · fi takku (tangled clump) · ps غوټه (looping) · ast ñudu (looping) · scn gruppu (tangled clump) · ka დაბრკოლება (difficult situation) · pl węzeł (looping) · tyv дүүшкүн (looping) · eo nodo (nautical unit of speed) · cmn 狗結 /狗结 (bulbus glandis) · fi kiikki (difficult situation) · bho गाँठ (looping) · ms simpul (looping) · uk клубо́к (tangled clump) · ja ノット (nautical unit of speed) · de Filz (tangled clump) · ln litonga (looping) · be ву́зел (looping) · hi गाँठ (looping) · mi pūkanohi (whorl in wood left by branch) · sa ग्रन्थि (looping) · sc nudu (looping) · twf cìʼíne (looping) · msk boko (tangled clump) · sv knut (tangled clump) · da knob (nautical unit of speed) · ce шад (looping) · pt nó (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · my ရေမိုင် (looping) · fi oksankanta (whorl in wood left by branch) · gl porroncha (whorl in wood left by branch) · sk uzol (nautical unit of speed) · cs boule (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · gl nórrega (whorl in wood left by branch) · sh čvȏr (whorl in wood left by branch) · fi kuhmu (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · de Knoten (a protuberant joint in a plant) · ru сучо́к (whorl in wood left by branch) · ru клубо́к (tangled clump) · ckb گرێ (whorl in wood left by branch) · gu ગાંઠ (tangled clump) · os ӕлхынцъ (looping) · ka კვანძი (tangled clump) · mk жмучка (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · sl vozel (nautical unit of speed) · da knude ((mathematics) closed curve) · pt nó (tangled clump) · ks گَنٛڈ (looping) · es embrollo (difficult situation) · de Fitz (maze-like pattern) · sl vozel (looping) · bo མདུད་པ (looping) · nl bluts (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · pt nó (difficult situation) · ny mfundo (looping) · cs potíž (difficult situation) · egy T:z-t:Tz (looping) · ru завито́к (maze-like pattern) · sh чво̑р (looping) · da knude (looping) · cmn 難題 /难题 (difficult situation) · uk ковту́н (tangled clump) · nl knoest (whorl in wood left by branch) · uk ву́зол (maze-like pattern) · el κόμπος (tangled clump) · bg чеп (whorl in wood left by branch) · cmn 結 /结 (looping) · uk ву́зол ((mathematics) closed curve) · ja 結び目 ((mathematics) closed curve) · th ตาไม้ (whorl in wood left by branch) · ko 혹 (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · av гарацӏ (looping) · ja 結び目 (looping) · ko 곤경 (difficult situation) · hy հանգույց (looping) · de Knoten (nautical unit of speed) · gl cipocha (whorl in wood left by branch) · ka ნასკვი (looping) · fr nœud ((mathematics) closed curve) · tl buhol (looping) · fa-ira گِرِهْ (nautical unit of speed) · ru ши́шка (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · lv mezgls (looping) · nl kluwen (tangled clump) · th เงื่อน (looping) · sw fundo (looping) · nl knoei (boel) (difficult situation) · it nodo (difficult situation) · br koulm (looping) · he סִיקוּס (whorl in wood left by branch) · cs uzel (nautical unit of speed) · mh booj (looping) · ta முடிச்சு (tangled clump) · ga cranra (whorl in wood left by branch) · ur گان٘ٹھ (looping) · es nudo (looping) · de Gewirr (maze-like pattern) · bg затрудне́ние (difficult situation) · ga fadharcán (whorl in wood left by branch) · lt gumbas (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · ru затрудне́ние (difficult situation) · ca grop (whorl in wood left by branch) · hi गिरिह (looping) · ovd knaut (looping) · es nudo (whorl in wood left by branch) · ur گِرَہْ (looping) · scn gruppu (difficult situation) · ang cnotta (looping) · rm nouv (looping) · km ណុត (nautical unit of speed) · eu korapilo (nautical unit of speed) · sl vozel ((mathematics) closed curve) · mg fatotra (looping) · ast nuegu (looping) · prs گِرِهْ (nautical unit of speed) · sh чво̑р (nautical unit of speed) · scn nturciniatu (maze-like pattern) · fi pulma (difficult situation) · rm nuf (looping) · pl kołtun (tangled clump) · sq nyjë (looping) · cmn 紐結 /纽结 ((mathematics) closed curve) · da hævelse (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · pl węzeł ((mathematics) closed curve) · de Bredouille (difficult situation) · ru загво́здка (difficult situation) · prs گِرِهْ (looping) · fi oksankohta (whorl in wood left by branch) · ht ne (looping) · is flækja (tangled clump) · da knude (tangled clump) · fi solmu (looping) · pt nó (looping) · te ముడి (looping) · lt mazgas (looping) · tew whi (looping) · ta சிக்கு (tangled clump) · cs suk (whorl in wood left by branch) · prs گِرِهْ (tangled clump) · sh čvȏr ((mathematics) closed curve) · th ปม (tangled clump) · vec grop (looping) · mi tīpona (looping) · orv ѫзлъ (looping) · nb trøbbel (difficult situation) · sv knipa (difficult situation) · el κόμπος (whorl in wood left by branch) · sq nyjë (tangled clump) · tk düwün (looping) · is klípa (difficult situation) · fi solmu (maze-like pattern) · ko 노트 (nautical unit of speed) · nl knoop ((mathematics) closed curve) · el όζος (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · alt будак (whorl in wood left by branch) · tly انگل (looping) · nl knoop (looping) · lt antauga (whorl in wood left by branch) · as গাঁঠি (looping) · cmn 繩結 /绳结 (looping) · cy not (nautical unit of speed) · nl knoop (nautical unit of speed) · ko 나무옹이 (whorl in wood left by branch) · uk сук (whorl in wood left by branch) · vi nơ (looping) · bg въ́зел (looping) · tg тугун (looping) · la nōdus (whorl in wood left by branch) · sv knop (nautical unit of speed) · ga snaidhm (looping) · tt төен (looping) · es enmarañado (maze-like pattern) · inh шод (looping) · uk скру́та (difficult situation) · es nudo (nautical unit of speed) · fr bulbe (bulbus glandis) · tyv чүс (looping) · el κόμπος (looping) · kk түйін (looping) · ta முடிச்சு (looping) · uk ґу́ля (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · mk јазол ((mathematics) closed curve) · sh čvȏr (nautical unit of speed) · da bule (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · ne गाँठो (looping) · nb knute (tangled clump) · th ปม (looping) · ta முடி (looping) · sv knop (looping) · ru у́зел (maze-like pattern) · km ចំណង (looping) · pa ਗੰਢ (looping) · lb Knuet (looping) · mn ᠶᠠᠷᠠ (whorl in wood left by branch) · de Ast (whorl in wood left by branch) · ug تۈگۈن (looping) · eo nodo (looping) · fr nœud (whorl in wood left by branch) · tr budak (whorl in wood left by branch) · lmo nœud (looping) · rm nuv (looping) · hi गिरह (looping) · se čuolbma (looping) · ast nudu (looping) · ru у́зел (nautical unit of speed) · scn nodu (nautical unit of speed) · ast nuedu (looping) · eu lotu (looping) · ota بوغوم (a protuberant joint in a plant) · uk за́круток (maze-like pattern) · hi कुंडली ((mathematics) closed curve) · nl kluwen (maze-like pattern) · sa ग्रन्थि (tangled clump) · mk свиок (maze-like pattern) · grc ἅμμα (looping) · kw kolm (looping) · ga dual (whorl in wood left by branch) · es ñudo (looping) · ru у́зел (looping) · bn গিঁট (looping) · ko 매듭 (looping) · et sõlm (nautical unit of speed) · cs uzel ((mathematics) closed curve) · de Beule (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · ab аиқәҳәала (looping) · da knast (whorl in wood left by branch) · ca nus (nautical unit of speed) · pl węzeł (nautical unit of speed) · it nodo (tangled clump) · pl sęk (whorl in wood left by branch) · is hnútur (tangled clump) · tr düğüm (looping) · ka სიძნელე (difficult situation) · hy հանգույց (nautical unit of speed) · ja 苦境 (difficult situation) · cmn 困境 (difficult situation) · rsk ґузел (looping) · uk ву́зол (nautical unit of speed) · ro nod (tangled clump) · lmo nœud (tangled clump) · fi solmu (tangled clump) · vec gropo (looping) · ale tahlidax̂ (whorl in wood left by branch) · fo knútur (looping) · eo knoto (nautical unit of speed) · lo ປົມ (looping) · ia nodo (looping) · mi noti (nautical unit of speed) · alt тӱӱн (looping) · de Knäuel (maze-like pattern) · tr knot (nautical unit of speed) · el κόμβος (nautical unit of speed) · ast nougu (looping) · my အထုံးအဖွဲ့ (looping) · fa-ira گِرِهْ (looping) · es nudo (tangled clump) · gd pluc (whorl in wood left by branch) · ba төйөн (looping) · scn gruppu (looping) · id buhul (looping) · ky түйүн (looping) · nb kul (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · hi नॉट (nautical unit of speed) · ur گِرِہْ (looping) · cy cwgn (whorl in wood left by branch) · lo ເງື່ອນ (looping) · de Fitz (tangled clump) · cy cainc (whorl in wood left by branch) · ast ñuedu (looping) · sk uzol (looping) · ru свиль (a protuberant joint in a plant) · lt mazgas (nautical unit of speed) · nl de knoop (difficult situation) · de Knoten (looping) · rup nod (looping) · la nōdus (looping) · ltg mozgys (looping) · ja 難題 (difficult situation) · hy կոշտ (whorl in wood left by branch) · ru наро́ст (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · ru koltún (tangled clump) · bg въ́зел (nautical unit of speed) · fi solmu ((mathematics) closed curve) · ka კვანძი (nautical unit of speed) · orv узьлъ (looping) · hi गुत्थी (difficult situation) · sv stek (looping) · hi भूलभुलैया (maze-like pattern) · mn зангилаа (looping) · fi patti (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · el ρόζος (whorl in wood left by branch) · th นอต (nautical unit of speed) · ko 난제 (difficult situation) · is hnútur (looping) · lv mezgls (nautical unit of speed) · pt galo (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) · de Knoten ((mathematics) closed curve) · ca nus (looping) · scn gruppu (whorl in wood left by branch) · mn яр (whorl in wood left by branch) · sh čvȏr (looping) · ru сук (whorl in wood left by branch) · mt għoqda (looping) · nb knop (nautical unit of speed) · mk кло́пче (tangled clump) · it nodo (whorl in wood left by branch) · ru у́зел ((mathematics) closed curve)