Mystery: alternatives and connections

A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper g…

a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglu…

To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…

Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

A gatepost or doorpost.

To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one…

One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a…

To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

To uncover.

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

The act of expelling or throwing off

An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; a…

of Excite

To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evap…

from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.