solution
What resolves difficulty
A solution is an answer to a problem or difficulty: We need a solution to the housing crisis.
In chemistry, a solution is a mixture where one substance dissolves completely into another—salt in water, sugar in coffee.
The word connects these meanings: both resolve something into a unified whole.
A solution can also be a liquid preparation: saline solution, cleaning solution.
Matter requiring resolution
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- clueSolving aid
- crosswordClue-based letter grid
quiz · enigma · conundrum · brainteaser · mystery · question · dilemma · paradox
Pertaining to liquid solutions
- diluteReduce by adding solvent
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- saturationState of complete permeation
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
saline · brine · reagent · mixture · suspension · emulsion · colloid · homogeneous
Formal plan for consideration
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- approachWay of handling something
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- methodOrderly way of doing
scheme · innovation · design · concept · suggestion · alternative · option · initiative
Resolved dispute or colony
- agreementShared position between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
arbitration · reconciliation · accord · peace · understanding · detente · diplomacy · truce
problem
Matter requiring resolution
crossword · quiz · enigma · conundrum · brainteaser · mystery · question · dilemma · paradox · cryptogram
aqueous
Pertaining to liquid solutions
- diluteReduce by adding solvent
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- saturationState of complete permeation
precipitate · saline · brine · reagent · mixture · suspension · emulsion · colloid · homogeneous · miscible
proposal
Formal plan for consideration
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- approachWay of handling something
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
method · scheme · innovation · design · concept · suggestion · alternative · option · initiative · breakthrough
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- agreementShared position between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
mediation · arbitration · reconciliation · accord · peace · understanding · detente · diplomacy · truce · concession
- laboratorybeaker, test tube, flask, microscope, pipette
- logic puzzlessudoku, skyscraper, tapa, cave, corral
- Mazesmaze, labyrinth, corn maze, hedge maze, ball maze
- science classbiology, chemistry, physics, lab, experiment
- findingsverdict, ruling, diagnosis, conclusion, determination
- resolutiondetermination, decision, firmness, willpower, HD
solutionproblem
Matter requiring resolution
trouble · difficulty · dilemma · predicament · quandary
solutionconfusion
Mental disorientation or bewilderment
perplexity · bewilderment · mystification · question · mystery
solutionprecipitate
Headlong and reckless
precipitation · suspension · sediment · solid · colloid
- creative solutionsOriginal problem-solving methods
- duct tape solution
- band-aid solutionSuperficial fix masking deeper problems
- software solutionsPrograms addressing business needs
- no solution
- saline solutionSalt dissolved in water