Crux

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  • noun. The basic, central, or critical point or feature.
  • noun. A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A cross. See phrases below. Specifically
  • noun. The Southern Cross, the most celebrated constellation of the southern heavens.
  • noun. The cross as an instrument of torture; hence, anything that puzzles or vexes in a high degree; a conundrum.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
  • noun. The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
  • noun. A puzzle or difficulty.
  • noun. The hardest point of a climb.
  • noun. A cross on a coat of arms.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the most important point
  • noun. a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
    • Word Usage
    "Nor does the Latin word crux automatically refer to a cross while patibulum refer to the cross-beam."
    cross-reference
    crux ansata  crux commissa  crux decussata  crux stellata  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    constellation  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bucks  Canucks  Luks  Tux  bucks  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adductus  dicerem  gemma  generatio  mentiantur  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Calvary cross  Chinese puzzle  Christogram  Gordian knot  Greek cross  
    variant
    cruces  
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