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Noun: hornets' nest
  1. A highly contentious or hazardous situation
    "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest"
    - hornet's nest
     
  2. Habitation for wasps or hornets
    - wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornet's nest

Derived forms: hornet's nests, hornets' nests

Type of: nidus, situation

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horned rattlesnake
horned screamer
horned toad
horned violet
horned viper
horned whiff
Horneophyton
Horner's syndrome
hornet
hornets' nest
Horney
hornfels
horniness
hornist
hornless
hornlike
hornpipe
hornpout
horn-rimmed
horn-shaped