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Look up: CRYPTIC

  1. cryptic
    secret with a hidden meaning 
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  2. Cryptic
    pertaining to concealment, usually in reference to color pattern or behavior (e.g., hiding in reef crevices.)
    Found on http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.asp?p

  3. cryptic
    [adj] - of an obscure nature 2. [adj] - having a puzzling terseness
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Cryptic
    Cryptic: Hidden. Cryptic tonsillitis is hidden within the depths of the tonsil. From the Greek 'kryptos' meaning hidden or concealed.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  5. Cryptic
    Cryp'tic (krĭp'tĭk), Cryp'tic*al (-t?-k a l) adjective [ Latin crypticus , Greek kryptiko`s , from kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. 'Her [ nature's] more cryptic ways of working.' Glanvill.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/197

  6. cryptic
    Hidden; occult; larvate. ... Origin: G. Kryptikos ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. cryptic
    cryptical adjective of an obscure nature; `the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms`; `a deep dark secret`; `the inscrutable workings of Providence`; `in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life`- Rachel Carson; `rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. cryptic
    adjective having a puzzling terseness; `a cryptic note`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Cryptic
    `Cryptic` can refer to: * Crypsis, of animals that are difficult to observe * Cryptic crossword, a crossword with cryptic clues * Cryptic era, earliest period of the Earth * `Cryptic`, an album by Edge of Sanity * `Cryptic Writings`, an album by Megadeth * Cryptic Studios * Cryptic (White Wolf)
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic

  10. Cryptic
    • (a.) Alt. of Cryptical
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. cryptic
    cryptic, cryptically 1. Deliberately mysterious and seeming to have a hidden meaning. 2. With an indirect solution or clue, e.g., crosswords, puzzles, or anagrams. 3. Secret or hidden in some way. 4. Using or relating to codes and similar techniques. 5. In zoology, used to describe body markings and color that camouflage an animal. ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. cryptic
    Hidden; occult; larvate. [G. kryptikos]
    Found on

  13. CRYPTIC
    (adj.) Term used to describe cavernicoles which may be difficult to locate, due to being very small (often <5mm) or secretive by nature or virtue of their preferred habitat, e.g. in narrow wall crevices or the interstitial spaces in soil and streamside deposits.
    Found on http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm


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