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cryptic | encode |

As an adjective cryptic

is having hidden meaning.

As a noun cryptic

is a cryptic crossword.

As a verb encode is

to convert plain text into code.

cryptic

English

(wikipedia cryptic)

Alternative forms

* cryptick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having hidden meaning.
  • Mystified or of an obscure nature.
  • * Glanvill
    • Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.
  • Involving use of code or cipher/cypher.
  • (zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
    • Lonomia caterpillars are extremely cryptic .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A cryptic crossword.
  • * 1996 , Mary McCarthy, Remember Me (page 85)
    • He settled down to the cryptic in the Independent . He loved his crossword. It kept him mentally active, just as gossip did his wife.
  • * 2009 , Bill Taylor, Building a crossword'' (in ''Toronto Star , 1 February 2009)
    • This writer has been solving cryptics for 40 years and can usually crack Araucaria, though it might take a couple of days.

    Derived terms

    * cryptically * cryptogram

    encode

    English

    Verb

    (encod)
  • To convert plain text into code.
  • (communication) To convert source information into another form.

    • Antonyms

    * decode

    Derived terms

    * encoder * encoding

    Related terms

    * code * codec * decode * re-encode * transcode

    References

    * {{reference-book , last = Berg , first = Jeremy M. , coauthors = Tymoczko, John; Stryer, Lubert , title = Biochemistry , url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=stryer , accessdate = 5 December 2009 , edition = Fifth eidtion , year = 2002 , publisher = W H Freeman and Company , id = ISBN 0716730510 , chapter = RNA Synthesis and Splicing , chapterurl = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=stryer&part=A3946
  • A3947
    • , quote = The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes. }} ----