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1. break, v. View full entry 1928
...To solve (a code or cipher); to decipher....
2. Caesar, n.1 View full entry 1950
...Cryptogr. Designating or relating to a type of cipher in which each letter of the original text is replaced by the letter that is a given number of places away in...
3. character, n. View full entry 1660
...A cipher for secret correspondence....
4. ˌcharacteˈristically, adv. View full entry 1643
...In secret written character, in cipher. Obs....
5. cipher | cypher, n. View full entry 1528
...A secret or disguised manner of writing, whether by characters arbitrarily invented (app. the earlier method), or by an arbitrary use of letters or characters in other than their ordinary sense, by...
6. cipher-key in cipher | cypher, n. View full entry 1834
...the key to writings in cipher....
7. cipher, v. View full entry 1565-78
...To express by characters of any kind; esp. to write in cipher or cryptogram....
8. ciphered, adj. View full entry 1611
...Written in cipher....
9. ciphering, n. View full entry 1536
...Writing in cipher....
10. clear, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 1928
...Not in cipher or code. Often absol., in clear....
11. codability, n. View full entry 1954
...Capability of being coded....
12. code, n.1 View full entry 1808
...Telegr. A system of words arbitrarily used for other words or for phrases, to secure brevity and secrecy; also attrib., as in code telegram, code word...
14. code-book in code, n.1 View full entry 1884
...a list of letters or other expressions, and of their correlates in a code, arranged as a key for encoding and decoding; a book containing a code (in other senses)....
15. code-language in code, n.1 View full entry 1936
...a system of codes....
16. code-breaker in code, n.1 View full entry 1932
...one who solves or breaks a code; also, a computer used for doing this....
17. code, v. View full entry 1898
...To prepare (a message) for transmission by putting it into code words....
18. coder, n. View full entry 1927
...One who or that which puts a message, set of information, etc., into code....
19. † ˈcountercipher, n. View full entry 1598
...A cipher that answers to and explains another; the key to a cipher....
20. 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....
