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What is the noun for knotty?

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knot
  1. 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.
  2. (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
  3. A maze-like pattern.
  4. (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
  5. A difficult situation.
  6. The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
  7. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
  8. A protuberant joint in a plant.
  9. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
  10. (engineering) A node.
  11. A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
  12. A group of people or things.
  13. A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
  14. (nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it plays out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every 1/120th of a mile.)
  15. (slang) A nautical mile (incorrectly)
  16. Synonyms:
      17. bond, tie, bow, ligature, splice, twist, cord, link, entanglement, fastening, interlacement, intertwinement, join, kink, loop, snarl, splicing, tangle, braid, hitch, joint, rosette, snag, spiral, twirl, yoke, coil, contortion, ligament, perplexity, screw, vinculum, whirl, granny knot, reef knot, square knot, cement, lace, connection, curl, frizz, ringlet, ribbon, lock, interlacing, tress, crimp, frizzle, whorl, rope … more
  17. Examples:
      18. “The scarf had been tied into a tight knot, but I managed to tease it undone eventually.”
      “Every knot and burl on the majestic oak tree represented a significant moment in my life.”
      “Eleonore Riley is sitting in her favorite chair, a small knot of people around her.”
knotter
  1. A person who makes knots.
  2. A machine or device that makes knots.
  3. (pulp and paper) A screen used to remove “knots” or impurities from wood pulp in the process of making paper.
  4. (nautical, in compounds) A vessel capable of reaching a specified speed in knots.
  5. (nautical, in compounds) A wind blowing at a specified velocity in knots.
  6. Examples:
      7. “Another, named Jacob Behel, invented a knotter, whittling it out of a branch of a cherry tree.”
      “Following cooking, the cooked mixture is vented to a blow tank and from here pumped to a knotter for the removal of knots.”
knotwork
  1. A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot
  2. Work involving the tying of knots.
  3. An object composed of or using knots.
  4. Examples:
      5. “Renditions of the heron are common in Celtic art, ranging from simple terminal figures to complex intertwined knotwork.”
      “It is beautifully illustrated with colorful Celtic knotwork from the Lindisfarne Gospels.”
      “They were often carved with delicate patterns of interlaced knotwork and the heads of fabulous beasts.”
knot
  1. One of a variety of shore birds; the red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bond, tie, bow, ligature, splice, twist, cord, link, entanglement, fastening, interlacement, intertwinement, join, kink, loop, snarl, splicing, tangle, braid, hitch, joint, rosette, snag, spiral, twirl, yoke, coil, contortion, ligament, perplexity, screw, vinculum, whirl, granny knot, reef knot, square knot, cement, lace, connection, curl, frizz, ringlet, ribbon, lock, interlacing, tress, crimp, frizzle, whorl, rope … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The scarf had been tied into a tight knot, but I managed to tease it undone eventually.”
      “Every knot and burl on the majestic oak tree represented a significant moment in my life.”
      “Eleonore Riley is sitting in her favorite chair, a small knot of people around her.”
knottedness
  1. (mathematics) The condition of being knotted
knottiness
  1. The state of being knotty.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complexity, intricacy, complication, intricateness, complicacy, involution, complicatedness, complexness, elaborateness, sophistication, difficulty, convolution, convolutedness, entanglement, involvement, elaboration, involvedness, confusion, perplexity, ponderosity, awkwardness, unfathomability, impenetrability, tortuousness, multifariousness, depth, maze, hardness, abstruseness, trickiness, obscurity, difficultness, web, muddle, intractability, unwieldiness, insolvability, problem, puzzle, conundrum, mystery, enigma, riddle, poser, stumper, brainteaser, why, teaser, puzzler, crux … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The difficulty and complexity of the play's plotting is matched by an unusual density and knottiness of syntax.”
knotting
  1. (mathematics) The formation of a knot.
knottinesses
  1. plural of knottiness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complexity, intricacy, complication, intricateness, complicacies, involutions, complicatedness, complexness, elaborateness, sophistication, difficulty, convolution, convolutedness, entanglement, involvement, elaboration, involvedness, ponderosity, confusion, perplexity, awkwardness, unfathomability, impenetrabilities, tortuousness, mazes, multifariousness, depth, webs, muddles, hardnesses, abstrusenesses, obscurity, trickiness, difficultness, intractabilities, unwieldiness, turns, twists, problems … more
knottings
  1. plural of knotting
knotworks
  1. plural of knotwork
knotters
  1. plural of knotter
knots
  1. plural of knot
  2. Synonyms:
      3. problems, holes, jams, cruxes, mires, pitfalls, quagmires, spots, tangles, toughies, misadventures, mishaps, straits, deep water, matters, muddles, cases, corners, facers, fixes, flies in the ointment, Gordian knots, gremlins, hiccups, hornets' nests, how-do-you-dos, katzenjammers, mix-ups, puzzlements, stumbling blocks, tight spots, nodi, probs, rubs, matter, misadventure, jam, puzzlement … more
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