rat's nest
figurative (originally US )
noun
A disordered mess; a tangle, especially of hair.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- orthogeosyncline
- orthognathic
- orthognathism
- orthognathous
- orthogneiss
- orthogonal
- orthogonalisation
- orthogonalise
- orthogonalised
- orthogonalising
- orthogonality
- orthogonalization
- orthogonalize
- orthogonalized
- orthogonalizing
- orthogonally
- orthogonal projection
- orthogonal trajectory
- orthograde
- orthographer
- orthographic
- orthographical
- orthographically
- orthographic projection
- orthographise