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Postern :: Postern (a.) Back; being behind; private.

Idio- :: Idio- () A combining form from the Greek /, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct..

Esoteric :: Esoteric (a.) Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric..

Clancularly :: Clancularly (adv.) privately; secretly.

Hypocaust :: Hypocaust (n.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses..

Yacht :: Yacht (n.) A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc..

Bower :: Bower (n.) Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment..

Confidence :: Confidence (n.) Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them..

Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics..

Concierge :: Concierge (n.) One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female..

Conduit :: Conduit (n.) A narrow passage for private communication.

Subsidies :: Subsidize (v. t.) To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line..

Peculiar :: Peculiar (a.) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation..

Openly :: Openly (adv.) In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy.

Counsel :: Counsel (n.) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

By-street :: By-street (n.) A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street..

Shebeen :: Shebeen (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold..

Privateering :: Privateering (n.) Cruising in a privateer.

Billet :: Billet (v. t.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses..

Chairman :: Chairman (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body..

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