makeshift stopgap make-do | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency |
secret ballot | a vote in which each person's choice is secret but the totaled votes are public |
shuffle shuffling make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
cryptography coding secret writing steganography | act of writing in code or cipher |
make-believe pretend | the enactment of a pretense, it was just pretend |
makeup make-up war paint | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
constitution composition physical composition makeup make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
mystery enigma secret closed book | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained, how it got out is a mystery, it remains one of nature's secrets |
pretense pretence make-believe | imaginative intellectual play |
brand make | a recognizable kind, there's a new brand of hero in the movies now, what make of car is that? |
plot secret plan game | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal), they concocted a plot to discredit the governor, I saw through his little game from the start |
cryptogram cryptograph secret writing | a piece of writing in code or cipher |
cipher cypher cryptograph secret code | a secret method of writing |
secret arcanum | information known only to a special group, the secret of Cajun cooking |
secret | something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on), the combination to the safe was a secret, he tried to keep his drinking a secret |
open secret | something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known, their love affair was an open secret |
trade secret | a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition |
connivance secret approval tacit consent | (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing |
makeup make-up | an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event, he missed the test and had to take a makeup, the two teams played a makeup one week later |
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ASALA Orly Group rd October Organization | a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in , wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia, ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in killed and wounded people |
secret police | a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) |
secret society | a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers |
Secret Intelligence Service MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas |
United States Secret Service US Secret Service USSS Secret Service SS | the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors, detects and apprehends counterfeiters, suppresses forgery of government securities and documents |
conciliator make-peace pacifier peacemaker reconciler | someone who tries to bring peace |
secret agent intelligence officer intelligence agent operative | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government |
make | act in a certain way so as to acquire, make friends, make enemies |
relax unstrain unlax loosen up unwind make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed, A hot bath always relaxes me |
grimace make a face pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier, She makes herself up every morning |
f make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee make water relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny wee wee-wee pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
stool defecate shit take a shit take a crap ca-ca crap make | have a bowel movement, The dog had made in the flower beds |
make | behave in a certain way, make merry |
make as if | begin or appear to begin an action, He made as if to shake my hand |
make get | give certain properties to something, get someone mad, She made us look silly, He made a fool of himself at the meeting, Don't make this into a big deal, This invention will make you a millionaire, Make yourself clear |
develop make grow | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development, The perfect climate here develops the grain, He developed a new kind of apple |
make make up | put in order or neaten, make the bed, make up a room |
fill fill up make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
purify sublimate make pure distill | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation, purify the water |
make c | develop into, He will make a splendid father! |
save make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort, This will save money, I'll save you the trouble, This will save you a lot of time |
make f | change from one form into another, make water into wine, make lead into gold, make clay into bricks |
make e | favor the development of, Practice makes the winner |
make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable, make my day |
make out | comprehend, I cannot make out what this politician is saying |
lay down establish make d | institute, enact, or establish, make laws |
decide make up one's mind determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something, We finally decided after lengthy deliberations |
make c | calculate as being, I make the height aboutfeet |
make | consider as being, It wasn't the problem some people made it |