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1. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
2. Caesar, n.1 View full entry 1382
...The cognomen of the Roman dictator Caius Julius Cæsar, transferred as a title to the emperors from Augustus down to Hadrian (b.c. 30 to a.d. 138), and subsequently...
3. character, n. View full entry c1315
...A distinctive mark impressed, engraved, or otherwise formed; a brand, stamp....
4. ˌcharacteˈristically, adv. View full entry 1643
...In secret written character, in cipher. Obs....
5. cipher | cypher, n. View full entry 1399
...An arithmetical symbol or character (0) of no value by itself, but which increases or decreases the value of other figures according to its position. When placed after any figure or series...
6. cipher, v. View full entry 15..
...intr. To use the Arabic numerals in the processes of arithmetic; to work the elementary rules of arithmetic; now chiefly a term of elementary education....
7. ciphered, adj. View full entry 1611
...Written in cipher....
8. ciphering, n. View full entry 1536
...Computing with Arabic numbers; elementary arithmetic....
9. clear, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 1297
...orig. Expressing the vividness or intensity of light: Brightly shining, bright, brilliant....
10. codability, n. View full entry 1954
...Capability of being coded....
11. code, n.1 View full entry 1303
...Roman Law. One of the various systematic collections of statutes made by later emperors, as the code of Theodosius, code of Justinian; spec. the latter....
12. code, v. View full entry 1815
...trans. To enter in a code....
13. coder, n. View full entry 1927
...One who or that which puts a message, set of information, etc., into code....
14. † ˈcountercipher, n. View full entry 1598
...A cipher that answers to and explains another; the key to a cipher....
15. cryptanalysis, n. View full entry 1923
...The analysis and decryption of encrypted text or information without prior knowledge of the keys; (also) the science or study of this....
16. cryptanalyst, n. View full entry 1921
...An expert or specialist in cryptanalysis; a person who deciphers encrypted information....
17. cryptanalytical, adj. View full entry 1937
...= cryptanalytic2....
18. cryptic, n. and adj. View full entry 1605
...Communication of knowledge by secret methods. Obs.rare....
19. cryptogram, n. View full entry 1827
...A piece of cryptographic writing; anything written in code or cipher....
20. cryptogrammatic, adj. View full entry 1881
...Of or relating to a cryptogram or cryptograms; written in code or cipher....
