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Cryp*tog"ra*phy (-f?), n. [Cf. F.
cryptographie.] The act or art of writing in secret
characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

Cryp*tol"o*gy (kr?p-t?l"?-j?), n.
[Gr. krypto`s hidden + -logy.] Secret or
enigmatical language. Johnson.

Cryp"to*nym (kr?p"t?-n?m), n. [Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; secret + &?;&?;&?;&?; name.] A secret name; a
name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

Cryp"to*pine (kr?p"t?-p?n; 104), n.
[Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. opium.]
(Chem.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in
small quantities from opium.

||Cryp*tu"ri (kr&ibreve;p*tū"rī),
n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden
+ o'yra` tail.] (Zoöl.) An order of
flying, dromæognathous birds, including the tinamous of
South America. See Tinamou.

Crys"tal (kr&ibreve;s"tal),
n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L.
crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. kry`stallos,
fr. kry`os icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla,
fr. L. crystallum; prob.


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