S: (n) difficulty (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome) "grappling with financial difficulties"
S: (n) bitch (an unpleasant difficulty) "this problem is a real bitch"
S: (n) predicament, quandary, plight (a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one) "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
S: (n) hard time, rough sledding (a difficulty that can be overcome with effort) "we had a hard time getting here"; "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers"
S: (n) stress, strain (difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension) "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
S: (n) mire (a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from) "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"
S: (n) problem, job (a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved) "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
S: (n) situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty) "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
S: (n) urinary hesitancy (difficulty in beginning the flow of urine; associated with prostate enlargement in men and with narrowing of the urethral opening in women; may be caused by emotional stress in either men or women)
S: (n) wall (a difficult or awkward situation) "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
S: (n) fix (something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug) "she needed a fix of chocolate"
S: (v) cook, fix, ready, make, prepare (prepare for eating by applying heat) "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
W: (n) cooking [Related to: cook] (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
W: (n) cookery [Related to: cook] (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
W: (n) preparation [Related to: prepare] (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
S: (v) fix (influence an event or its outcome by illegal means) "fix a race"
S: (v) situate, fix, posit, deposit (put (something somewhere) firmly) "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
S: (v) fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc) "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"