hornet's nest

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Noun	1.	hornet's nest - a highly contentious or hazardous situation; "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest" hornets' nest situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
	2.	hornet's nest - habitation for wasps or hornets wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornets' nest nidus - a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs

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hornet hornets' nest nidus situation wasp's nest wasps' nest			"Mother," said I, "take the whole and let's be going," for I was sure the bolted door must have seemed suspicious and would bring the whole hornet's nest about our ears, though how thankful I was that I had bolted it, none could tell who had never met that terrible blind man. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context "Oh, ho," he said, "a nest of revolutionists--and quite a hornet's nest it would seem. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context We got a splendid stock of sorted spiders, and bugs, and frogs, and caterpillars, and one thing or another; and we like to got a hornet's nest, but we didn't. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context			Horned hummer Horned lark horned lizard horned owl horned pondweed horned poppy horned pout horned puffin Horned rattler horned rattlesnake Horned ray horned screamer Horned snake horned toad horned violet horned viper horned whiff Hornedness Hornel Horneophyton Horner Horner's syndrome hornet hornet clearwing Hornet fly hornet's nest hornets' nest Horney hornfels Hornfish Hornfoot Hornify horniness horning Hornish hornist hornito hornless hornlike Hornotine Hornowl Hornpike hornpipe hornpout horns and halo effect Horns of a dilemma Hornsby Hornsnake hornstone hornswoggle horntail			Horner scheme Horner syndrome Horner syndrome Horner syndrome Horner's method Horner's muscle Horner's muscle Horner's muscle Horner's pupil Horner's syndrome Horner's syndrome Horner's syndrome Horner's teeth Horner, Charles Albert Horner, Henry Horner-Trantas dot Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Hornero hornet hornet hornet hornet hornet Hornet Autonomous Real-Time Targeting Hornet Clearwing Hornet Executive Steering Committee Hornet fly Hornet Moth Hornet Rock Hornet Rocks hornet's nest Hornets Hornets Hornets Hornets hornets' nest hornets' nest hornets' nest hornets' nests hornets' nests hornets' nests Horney Horney Goat Weed Horney Goat Weed Horney Industrial Electronics Horney, Karen Horney, Karen Hornfel Hornfel hornfels hornfels Hornfels Facies Hornfels Facies Hornfish Hornfoot hornier hornier horniest horniest Hornify hornily

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