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Cryptic cryptic - of an obscure nature; the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms; a deep dark secret; the inscrutible workings of Providence; in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands.
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enigmatic Something that's enigmatic is tough to figure out. It's puzzling and even mysterious, like those weird secret college societies, Mona Lisa's smile, or the New York Times crossword. It's no mystery where the adjective enigmatic comes from: It's rooted in the Greek word for riddle. Something that's enigmatic is obscure, unclear and not an easy nut to crack. Translating the Rosetta Stone, with its ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and mysterious foreign writings, was certainly an enigmatic challenge for the archaeologists that found it.
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Cryptic crossword For example, a cryptic crossword on the back page of the Daily Telegraph on 14 March 2012 included the answer. , whose clue was Close study of broken nails, say (8): say in cryptic crossword clues normally means a word pronounced the same as or for example, but here it is part of an anagram.ost cryptic crosswords provide the number of letters in the answer, or in the case of phrases, a series of numbers to denote the letters in each word: cryptic crossword would be clued with (7,9) following the clue. More advanced puzzles may drop this portion of the clue.
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Cryptic crosswords for beginners: Double definitions Alan Connor demystifies each type of cryptic crossword clue for beginners and asks experienced solvers to share their favourite examples. This week: double definitions. Two - or more - chances to get the answer.
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Cryptic crossword Cryptic crossword puzzles come in two main types: the basic cryptic in which each clue answer is entered into the diagram normally, and the advanced or variety cryptic, in which some or all of the answers must be altered before entering, usually in accordance with a hidden pattern or rule which must be discovered by the solver.
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How to Solve Cryptic Crosswords This guide is intended for teenagers and adults looking for a guide on how to solve Cryptic Crosswords. In most crossword clues the clue is composed of two parts, a clue to the answer (a bit like a quick clue only normally not so easy) and a cryptic component that also tells you the answer.quations are the most varied of crossword clues and can include various ways of forming a word, for example: A = B + C. Reason the wood is icy, say (5). Here the A is the clue (Reason), wood indicates log and icy, say is a sounds like clue for I C.
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cipher Definition of cipher. 1a : zero 1ab : one that has no weight, worth, or influence : nonentity She was nothing more than a cipher. 2a : a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning secret communications written in cipher — compare code 3bb : a message in code The cipher cannot be decoded without the key. 3 : arabic numeral.
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Variable (mathematics) 1 An indeterminate is a symbol, commonly called variable, that appears in a polynomial or a formal power series. 2  Formally speaking, an indeterminate is not a variable, but a constant in the polynomial ring of the ring of formal power series.
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Cryptic crossword Cryptic crosswords are crossword puzzles in which each clue is a word puzzle in and of itself.he first British crossword puzzles appeared around 1923 and were purely definitional, but from the mid-1920s they began to include cryptic material: not cryptic clues in the modern sense, but anagrams, classical allusions, incomplete quotations, and other references and wordplay.
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Cryptic crossword In essence, a cryptic clue leads to its answer as long as it is read in the right way. What the clue appears to say when read normally (the surface reading) is a distraction and usually has nothing to do with the clue answer. The challenge is to find the way of reading the clue that leads to the solution.
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- obscure, dark, vague, enigmatic, cryptic, ambiguous, equivocal mean not clearly understandable. obscure implies a hiding or veiling of meaning through some inadequacy of expression or withholding of full knowledge. dark implies an imperfect or clouded revelation often with ominous or sinister suggestion. He looked at her with an ambiguous smile. 2  Due to the ambiguous nature of the question, it was difficult to choose the right answer. 3  the ambiguous position of women in modern society. 4  Greater familiarity with this artist makes one's assessment of him more tentative rather than less.
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- The definition of dark is someone or something not light in color, without light or sunshine, gloomy or evil. An example of dark is a black labrador retriever. An example of dark is a house at night without any lights on. An example of dark is midnight.
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cryptic Cryptic comments or messages are hard to understand because they seem to have a hidden meaning. Cryptic is from Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kryptikos, from kryptos hidden.. This Greek adjective is the source of our English word crypt, referring to a room under a church in which dead people are buried. That might account for why the word cryptic has an eerie tone to it.
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Antonyms for profoundprÉËfaÊnd obscure. That is obscure which the eye or the mind can not clearly discern or see through, whether because of its own want of transparency, its depth or intricacy, or because of mere defect of light.
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descend descend. 1  to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. 2  to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. 3  to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion. 4  to slope, tend, or lead downward: The path descends to the pond.
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- adjective. The definition of enigmatic is something that is like a puzzle or riddle that can’t be understood. An example of enigmatic is the mysterious ending of a complicated movie.
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- vague. 1. not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises. 2. indefinite or indistinct in nature or character, as ideas or feelings: a vague premonition of disaster. 3. not clearly perceptible: vague murmurs. 4. not definitely established, determined, confirmed, or known: a vague rumor.
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- An abbreviation (from Latin brevis sho … rt) is a shorter form of a word. More particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of.
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Cryptic crossword For example, a cryptic crossword on the back page of the Daily Telegraph on 14 March 2012 included the answer. , whose clue was Close study of broken nails, say (8): say in cryptic crossword clues normally means a word pronounced the same as or for example, but here it is part of an anagram.
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History of Computer Cryptography and Secrecy Systems Transposition. Transpostion is a cryptographic technique whereby the letters in a message are rearranged to provide secrecy. Think of the word dog and all of the ways one could arrange the letters -- dog, dgo, odg, ogd, dgo, odg -- this anagram is a simple example of transpostion.
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clandestine Use the adjective clandestine to describe something that is done in secret, like your clandestine attempts to steal your brother's Halloween candy. Clandestine, an adjective imported from Latin, describes a secret, usually illegal activity. Often these things have to do with political and spy organizations.
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- www.masonicdictionary.com. CLANDESTINE (See also Regular) In Anglo Saxon helan meant something hidden, or secret, a meaning preserved in conceal; hell, the hidden place, is from the same word. Helan descended' from the Latin celare, hide; and on this was built the Latin clandestinus, secret, hidden, furtive.LANDESTINE LODGE. A body of Freemasons or of those improperly claiming to be Freemasons, uniting in a Lodge without the consent of a Grand Lodge, or, although originally legally constituted, continuing to work after its Charter has been revoked, is styled a Clandestine Lodge.
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dark The definition of dark is someone or something not light in color, without light or sunshine, gloomy or evil. 1  An example of dark is a black labrador retriever. 2  An example of dark is a house at night without any lights on. 3  An example of dark is midnight.  An example of dark is the time just following the death of a loved one.
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- Full Definition of SOMBER. 1. : so shaded as to be dark and gloomy. 2. b: of a dismal or depressing character: melancholy c: conveying gloomy suggestions or ideas. 3. : of a dull or heavy cast or shade: dark colored. — som·ber·ly adverb. — som·ber·ness noun. See somber defined for English-language learners.ull Definition of SOMBER. 1. : so shaded as to be dark and gloomy. 2. b: of a dismal or depressing character: melancholy c: conveying gloomy suggestions or ideas. 3. : of a dull or heavy cast or shade: dark colored. — som·ber·ly adverb. — som·ber·ness noun. See somber defined for English-language learners.