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Recondite

Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Abstruse 92% connected

Concealed or hidden out of the way.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deep 92% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Able superl. · 78% connection

Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the…

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Aetiology noun · 78% connection

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and…

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise en…

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Arcane adjective · 78% connection

Hidden; secret.

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Clandestine adjective · 78% connection

Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clan…

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Close verb · 78% connection

Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

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Concentrativeness noun · 78% connection

The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers.

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Cryptical adjective · 78% connection

Hidden; secret; occult.

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Cryptography noun · 78% connection

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

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Cyclorama noun · 78% connection

A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature.…

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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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Dern adjective · 78% connection

Hidden; concealed; secret.

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Deuteroscopy noun · 78% connection

That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.

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Disclose verb · 78% connection

To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.

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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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Esoterics noun · 78% connection

Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

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Espionage noun · 78% connection

The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret…

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or ca…

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