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Cryptographer

One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.

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Decipherer 76% connected

One who deciphers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cryptography 74% connected

The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cryptography 74% connected

The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

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Adverb noun · 78% connection

A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; pap…

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Annualist noun · 78% connection

One who writes for, or who edits, an annual.

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Apologist noun · 78% connection

One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in de…

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Author noun · 78% connection

One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

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Autobiographist noun · 78% connection

One who writes his own life; an autobiographer.

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Cipher noun · 78% connection

A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's ciphe…

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Ciphered imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Cipher

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Ciphering p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Cipher

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Coding noun · 78% connection

act of writing in code or cipher

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Colophon noun · 78% connection

An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last p…

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Cryptogram noun · 78% connection

A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.

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Cryptograph noun · 78% connection

Cipher; something written in cipher.

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Cryptographical adjective · 78% connection

Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.

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Cypher n. & v. · 78% connection

See Cipher.

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Decipher verb · 78% connection

To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.

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Disc drive noun · 78% connection

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

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Disk drive noun · 78% connection

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

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Divulge verb · 78% connection

To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- sai…

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