hugger-mugger
surreptitious
undercover
underground
hole-and-corner
secret
hush-hush
cloak-and-dagger
clandestine
dark
to
sniff out
smokescreen
sub-rosa
smoke screen
under-the-table
behind-the-scenes
by-purpose
misextrapolation
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intramethodical
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something
concealed
cover one's tracks
cryptic
unwrapping
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externalize
screening
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masking
avenue
serviceable
what's the use
aimlessly
aim
code
reconcealment
system
finagle
on
uncovering
means to an end
cryptomorphic
wangle
manage
colour
pointless
gloss
semblance
reveal
wrap
enclosure
color
behind the scenes
rules of the game
hypothetical imperative
mask
from
directional
pretextual
astray
intriguing
monomethod
uncritical
rationalization
detection
stalking horse
noncritical
misdetect
accidentally
intermethod
unintentionally
bewray
pretext
studied
declaration of will
conscious
back door
much to be said
stalking-horse
sandbag
tactically
bring to light
intentional
trouble
revelation
unintentional
multidimensional
factual
appreciable
attest
knowing
scheming
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deliberate
blind
hugger-mugger
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clandestine
dark
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serviceable
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system
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semblance
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wangle
manage
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wrap
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bewray
back door
sandbag
bring to light
attest
adj
adv
noun
adj
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- not open or public; kept private or not revealed
- not openly made known
- communicated covertly
- not expressed
- designed to elude detection
- hidden from general view or use
- (of information) given in confidence or in secret
- indulging only covertly
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- the next to highest level of official classification for documents
noun
adj
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
- Off the air; not transmitting.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
- Having racing capability not widely known.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Extinguished.
- Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
verb
- To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
- To make dark, darken; to obscure.
- To grow or become dark, darken.
noun
prep
- Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
- Used to indicate result of action.
- Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
- Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
- At.
- Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
- Preceding the next hour.
- Indicating destination: In the direction of, so as to arrive at.
- Denotes the end of a range.
- Often used without the hour
- Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
- according to
- Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.
particle
- Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.
- In order to.
- As above, with the verb implied.
- A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
adv
adj
- Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
- Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
- Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
- Possessed of a firm purpose.
- Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
- Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
verb
adj
noun
- An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
- An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
pron
- Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.
- A quality to a moderate degree.
- An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
- A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
adv
adj
- Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
- Involving use of a code or cipher.
- Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
- Serving as camouflage.
- Living in a cavity or small cave.
- Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
- Mystified or of an obscure nature.
- Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
noun
noun
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
verb
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- form a cover over
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- provide for
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- travel across or pass over
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- hide from view or knowledge
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- put something on top of something else
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- sit on (eggs)
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
noun
- A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
- The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
- A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
- A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
verb
- To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
noun
- Intention or goal
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
noun
- A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
- By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
- Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
- A program.
- A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
- A particular lect or language variety.
- A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
- Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
- A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
- A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
verb
- To encode.
- To call a hospital emergency code.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
- To go into a state where a hospital emergency code is required to save one's life.
- To encode a protein.
- To add codes to a dataset.
- Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
- To write software programs.
noun
- a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
- a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
- the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
prep
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- So as to impact; against.
- Some time during the day of.
- Indicating a means of subsistence.
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- In the possession of.
- Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
- Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).
- Having identical domain and codomain.
- At or in (a certain region or location).
- Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
- Under the influence of (a drug).
- Generated by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Against; in opposition to.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Covering.
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Paid for by.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At the date of.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- Because of, or due to.
- Near; adjacent to; alongside.
- Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
- Without.
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- So as to impart force to.
- Serving as a member of.
- At a given time after the start of something; at.
noun
verb
adv
- Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
- Along, forwards (continuing an action).
- To an operating state.
- In continuation, at length.
- So as to cover or be fitted.
adj
- Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
- Acting in character.
- Fitted; covering; being worn.
- Acceptable, appropriate.
- Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- Menstruating.
- Performing according to schedule; taking place.
adj
- Having a form that obscures or masks the underlying meaning or purpose.
- Two objects, especially systems of axioms or semantics for them, are called cryptomorphic if they are equivalent (possibly in some informal sense) but not obviously equivalent.
- Composed of minerals that are not expressed in their crystalline form.
- Having a cryptic structure in which the ultimate active product is carried by the precursorial protein rather than the protein actually encoded by the gene.
- Found or occurring below the soil layer.
noun
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- any material used for its color
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- interest and variety and intensity
- the timbre of a musical sound
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
verb
- modify or bias
- decorate with colors
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- affect as in thought or feeling
- add color to
- change color, often in an undesired manner
adj
noun
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- the property of being smooth and shiny
verb
verb
- To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
- To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
- To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
- To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
- To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
- To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
noun
- A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
- A wraparound mortgage.
- Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
- The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
- A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
noun
- The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
- The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
- An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
- The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
- Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
- The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.
- The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
noun
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- interest and variety and intensity
- the timbre of a musical sound
- any material used for its color
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
verb
- add color to
- affect as in thought or feeling
- modify or bias
- decorate with colors
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- change color, often in an undesired manner
adj
prep
- Used to indicate source or provenance.
- Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
- Indicating a starting point in time.
- Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
- With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
- Indicating removal or separation.
- Indicating exclusion.
- Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
- Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
- Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
- Denoting a subtraction operation.
- Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
- Indicating differentiation.
- Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being
noun
- The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
- The process or result of rationalizing.
- The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
- A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
- A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
noun
- A person, thing, or expedient used in a deceptive manner, to achieve some hidden purpose.
- A candidate put forward to serve a hidden, ulterior purpose in a political campaign, such as testing the field for another potential candidate by gauging voter sentiment or covertly helping another candidate by attracting voters away from a third candidate.
adj
verb
- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
- to add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
noun
- The anus, generally used in reference to anal sex.
- The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- A secret means of access to a program or system.
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
adj
noun
- something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
- screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
verb
- To conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage.
- To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.
- To construct a barrier of sandbags around.
- To pretend to drink early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".
- To deceive someone by pretending to be weak, or (card games) by pretending to have a weak hand.
noun
noun
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- A malfunction.
- A violent occurrence or event.
- Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
- A distressing or dangerous situation.
verb
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