labyrinths
Intricate twisting corridors
Labyrinths is the plural of labyrinth, a maze-like structure of interconnecting passages designed to confuse navigation.
The term applies both to physical constructions and to complex, winding arrangements: the labyrinths of the old city's streets.
Figuratively, labyrinths describes anything bewilderingly intricate or difficult to navigate, such as bureaucratic systems or tangled arguments: She spent months navigating the labyrinths of immigration law.
Rotational bends or turns
- turnsRotations or chances
- dead-endsPassages with no exit
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
walls · entrance · exit · hedge · trapped · escape · pathways · corridors
Bull-headed humanoid creature
- DaedalusLegendary craftsman and inventor
- AriadneMythical thread-giver
- threadFiber for stitching
- CretanGreek island native
Knossos · Theseus · Greek · ancient · monster · sacrifice · hero · legend
Enclosed building passages
- passagewaysEnclosed routes between spaces
- chambersEnclosed functional rooms
- vaultsSecure storage rooms
- catacombsUnderground cemetery passages
tunnels · alcoves · galleries · vestibules · grottos · underground · stone · cathedral
State of elaborate complexity
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- bewildermentState of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
tangle · web · convolution · interwoven · nested · elaborate · convoluted · serpentine
twists
Rotational bends or turns
passages · walls · entrance · exit · hedge · trapped · escape · pathways · corridors · center
minotaur
Bull-headed humanoid creature
Cretan · Knossos · Theseus · Greek · ancient · monster · sacrifice · hero · legend · palace
corridors
Enclosed building passages
- passagewaysEnclosed routes between spaces
- chambersEnclosed functional rooms
- vaultsSecure storage rooms
catacombs · tunnels · alcoves · galleries · vestibules · grottos · underground · stone · cathedral · garden
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- bewildermentState of being baffled
perplexity · tangle · web · convolution · interwoven · nested · elaborate · convoluted · serpentine · tortuous
inner ear
Balance and hearing center
- cochleaSpiral hearing organ
- vestibularOf the balance organ
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
balance · auditory · membrane · fluid · sensory · vertigo · equilibrium
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- game environmentsdungeons, arenas, mazes, open worlds, fantasy realms
- dream imagerymelting clocks, nightmare, daydream, distorted faces, soft focus
- catacombstunnels, passages, burial chambers, tombs, crypts
- geometric arttessellations, fractals, symmetry, spirals, geometric patterns
- outdoor spacesgardens, park, parks, field, patio
labyrinthsstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
beelines · shortcuts · straightaways · corridors · highways
labyrinthsopen plains
Broad, flat, treeless terrain
open fields · clearings · prairies · open spaces · expanses
- Pan's Labyrinth
- mental labyrinthIntricate confusion of thoughts