Definition of cipher

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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..

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Decipheress :: Decipheress (n.) A woman who deciphers.
Cipher :: Cipher (a.) Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To decipher.
Deciphering :: Deciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deciphe.
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters..
Octillion :: Octillion (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Quadrillion :: Quadrillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
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..
Obliterate :: Obliterate (v. t.) To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing..
Null :: Null (n.) That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
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..
Cryptographical :: Cryptographical (a.) Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink..
Excuss :: Excuss (v. t.) To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.
Uncypher :: Uncypher (v. t.) See Uncipher.
Sphenography :: Sphenography (n.) The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters..
Uncipher :: Uncipher (v. t.) To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold..
Polygraphy :: Polygraphy (n.) The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Cryptographer :: Cryptographer (n.) One who writes in cipher, or secret characters..
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