S: (n) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous (that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason) "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
S: (n) place (an abstract mental location) "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
S: (n) episteme (the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time)
S: (n) ability, power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done) "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
S: (n) inability (lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something)
S: (n) lexis (all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function)
S: (n) divine guidance, inspiration ((theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings) "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance"
S: (n) difficulty (a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result) "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
S: (n) trouble, problem (a source of difficulty) "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"
S: (n) pressure point (where problems or difficulties are likely to occur) "a key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit"
S: (n) growing pains (problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages))
S: (n) hydra (trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality) "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"
S: (n) albatross, millstone ((figurative) something that hinders or handicaps) "she was an albatross around his neck"
S: (n) bind (something that hinders as if with bonds)
S: (n) diriment impediment ((canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage))
S: (n) drag (something that slows or delays progress) "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"
S: (n) obstacle, obstruction (something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted) "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"
S: (n) barrier, roadblock (any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective) "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
S: (n) color barrier (the barrier preventing Blacks from participating in various activities with whites)
S: (n) ideological barrier (a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies)
S: (n) iron curtain (an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries)
S: (n) bamboo curtain (an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s)
S: (n) straitjacket (anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines) "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
S: (n) wrinkle (a minor difficulty) "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
S: (n) influence (a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do) "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
S: (n) imponderable (a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed) "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
S: (n) leaven, leavening (an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something) "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
S: (n) imprint (a distinctive influence) "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion"
S: (n) morale builder (something or someone who influences by building or strengthening morale)
S: (n) pestilence, canker (a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of) "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
S: (n) support (something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest) "the policy found little public support"; "his faith was all the support he needed"; "the team enjoyed the support of their fans"
S: (n) anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin (a central cohesive source of support and stability) "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"
S: (n) lifeline (support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)) "the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"; "she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"
S: (n) forbidden fruit (originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality))
S: (n) cognition, knowledge, noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
S: (n) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous (that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason) "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
S: (n) place (an abstract mental location) "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
S: (n) episteme (the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time)
S: (n) ability, power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done) "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
S: (n) inability (lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something)
S: (n) lexis (all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function)
S: (n) practice (knowledge of how something is usually done) "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"
S: (n) cognitive factor (something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result)
S: (n) equivalent (a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc) "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"
S: (n) information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)
S: (n) history (all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge) "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"
S: (n) attitude, mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways) "he had the attitude that work was fun"
S: (n) equivalent (a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc) "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"
S: (n) information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)
S: (n) history (all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge) "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"
S: (n) attitude, mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways) "he had the attitude that work was fun"