Definition of cipher

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Cipher (n.) A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W..

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Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer..
Nonillion :: Nonillion (n.) According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Holocryptic :: Holocryptic (a.) Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.
Indecipherable :: Indecipherable (a.) Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved..
Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
Decipheress :: Decipheress (n.) A woman who deciphers.
Quintilllion :: Quintilllion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Deciphered :: Deciphered (imp. & p. p.) of Deciphe.
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters..
Excuss :: Excuss (v. t.) To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.
Interpret :: Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Cipherer :: Cipherer (n.) One who ciphers.
Paleography :: Paleography (n.) The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics..
Epigraphy :: Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
Sextillion :: Sextillion (n.) According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Cipherhood :: Cipherhood (n.) Nothingness.
Ciphered :: Ciphered (imp. & p. p.) of Ciphe.
O :: O (n.) A cipher; zero.
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