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(adj)
Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
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Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.
(adv)
(informal) surreptitiously
Conducted in secret; clandestine.
Performed or happening in secret.
(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
Hidden, isolated, remote.
Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
Secret, clandestine, sly.
(n)
A mystery or deep secret.
Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
Difficult to understand.
Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
(idiomatic) A person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling.
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
Sorted into classes or categories.
Not acknowledged.
Not avowed.
Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
(not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
Hidden
Having one of the highest secrecy classifications, "top secret".
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
Having an inclination to secrecy.
(uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
(uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
(chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
(idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
(v)
(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
Difficult to understand; abstruse.
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
Understood by only a few.
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
(not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.
Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
Beyond what is obvious or evident.
Not disclosed.
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
In a state or condition of inability or unwillingness to communicate.
(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
An act of being of assistance to someone.
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
Functional, in working order.
The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).
(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
Having special privileges.
The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
(uncountable) A state of concealment.
The act of confining or the state of being confined.
Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
(dated, poetic or literary) To crowd, press together, or close (rank)
a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
(countable) A collection, sometimes hidden.
A place to hide.
(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
A group of people organized for a common purpose.
Not declared
Closed by a seal.
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
Alternative form of backchannel. [(transitive) To employ a back channel.]
(business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).
(Roman Catholicism) A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope.
A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
The installation or monitoring of wiretaps.
(countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.