Words - Codes & Ciphers

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Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.

cipher	a type of code; (verb) to encipher.
cipherer	one who ciphers.
ciphertext	enciphered text.
codebook	a book listing words and their coded equivalents.
cryptanalysis	the decipherment of code.
cryptanalyst	one who deciphers codes.
cryptanalytic	relating to cryptanalysis, the decipherment of code.
cryptanalytical	relating to cryptanalysis, the decipherment of code.
cryptarithm	an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer.
cryptogram	anything written in cipher.
cryptograph	anything written in cipher.
cryptographer	a specialist in cryptography.
cryptographic	of, relating to, or using cryptography.
cryptographical	of, relating to, or using cryptography.
cryptographist	one who studies cryptographs.
cryptography	secret writing.
cryptologic	relating to cryptology, the scientific study of codes.
cryptological	relating to cryptology, the scientific study of codes.
cryptologist	a student of cryptology, the scientific study of codes.
cryptology	the scientific study of codes.
cypher	a type of code; (verb) to write in cypher.
decipher	to determine the meaning of.
decipherable	capable of being deciphered.
decipherer	one who deciphers.
decipherment	the act of deciphering.
decodable	that can be decoded.
decode	to convert a coded message into plain language.
decoder	one that decodes.
decrypt	to decode.
decryption	the act of decrypting.
encipher	to write in characters of hidden meaning.
encipherer	one who enciphers.
encode	to put into code.
encodement	the act of encoding.
encoder	one who encodes.
encrypt	to encipher.
encryption	the act of encrypting.
steganogram	a cryptogram.
steganograph	a cryptogram.
steganographer	a cryptographer; one who works with ciphers.
steganographic	relating to steganography, the practice of concealing digital data within some of the pixels of an image.
steganographist	one who practises steganography.
steganography	the practice of concealing digital data within some of the pixels of an image.
uncipher	(Obs.) to decipher.
uncoded	not coded.

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