[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.", "a piece of ribbon or similar material tied or folded upon itself and used or worn as an ornament.", "a group or cluster of persons or things:a knot of spectators.Synonyms: crowd , gang , crew , band , company", "the hard, cross-grained mass of wood at the place where a branch joins the trunk of a tree.", "a part of this mass showing in a piece of lumber, wood panel, etc.", "Anatomy, Zoology.a protuberance or swelling on or in a part or process, as in a muscle.", "a protuberance in the tissue of a plant; an excrescence on a stem, branch, or root; a node or joint in a stem, especially when of swollen form.Synonyms: gnarl , knob , lump", "any of various fungal diseases of trees characterized by the formation of an excrescence, knob, or gnarl.", "an involved, intricate, or difficult matter; complicated problem.Synonyms: conundrum , puzzle , perplexity", "Nautical.a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile or about 1.15 statute miles per hour.a unit of 47 feet 3 inches (13.79 meters) on a logline, marked off by knots.a nautical mile.", "a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile or about 1.15 statute miles per hour.", "a unit of 47 feet 3 inches (13.79 meters) on a logline, marked off by knots.", "a nautical mile.", "a bond or tie:the knot of matrimony.", "Also called joint , node .Mathematics.in , one of the points at which the values of a function are assigned."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to tie in a knot; form a knot in.", "to secure or fasten by a knot.", "to form protuberances, bosses, or knobs in; make knotty ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become tied or tangled in a knot.", "to form knots or joints."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["either of two large sandpipers,Calidris canutusor C. tenuirostris,that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere."]}]