| CRYPTOGAMS | • cryptogams n. Plural of cryptogam. • CRYPTOGAM n. a plant reproducing by spores and not seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, fungi etc. |
| CRYPTOGAMY | • cryptogamy n. The condition of being a cryptogam. • cryptogamy n. Cryptogamic botany. • CRYPTOGAMY n. the state of being a cryptogam, reproducing by spores and not seeds. |
| CRYPTOGRAM | • cryptogram n. Encrypted text. • cryptogram n. (Games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded. • CRYPTOGRAM n. anything written in cipher, also CRYPTOGRAPH. |
| CRYPTOLOGY | • cryptology n. The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories. • cryptology n. The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them. • cryptology n. Secret or enigmatical language. |
| CRYPTONYMS | • cryptonyms n. Plural of cryptonym. • CRYPTONYM n. a code name or secret name. |
| CRYPTOZOIC | • cryptozoic adj. (Zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave. • cryptozoic adj. (Chiefly soil science, of an organism) Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible. • cryptozoic adj. (Parasitology) Relating to a cryptozoite. |
| DECRYPTING | • decrypting v. Present participle of decrypt. • DECRYPT v. to decode. |
| DECRYPTION | • decryption n. The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form. • DECRYPTION n. the act of decrypting. |
| ENCRYPTING | • encrypting v. Present participle of encrypt. • ENCRYPT v. to put a message into code. |
| ENCRYPTION | • encryption n. (Cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge… • encryption n. (Cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of"… • ENCRYPTION n. the act of encrypting. |
| EURYPTERID | • eurypterid n. A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first… • EURYPTERID n. any of an order of large extinct aquatic Paleozoic arthropods related to the horseshoe crab. |
| KRYPTONITE | • kryptonite n. (Figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles heel. • KRYPTONITE n. something that renders a person or thing helpless. |
| PROCRYPTIC | • PROCRYPTIC adj. pertaining to or having protective coloration. |
| TRYPTAMINE | • tryptamine n. (Uncountable, biochemistry) a heterocyclic amine found in both plant and animal tissue, where it is… • tryptamine n. (Countable, medicine) Any of a class of neurotransmitters and psychedelic drugs derived from this compound. • TRYPTAMINE n. a crystalline amine derived from tryptophan. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | • tryptophan n. (Biochemistry) An essential amino acid having an indole side chain; it is present in many foods, especially… • TRYPTOPHAN n. an essential amino acid, also TRYPTOPHANE. |