secret ballot | a vote in which each person's choice is secret but the totaled votes are public |
second nature | acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate |
cryptography coding secret writing steganography | act of writing in code or cipher |
human nature | the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings, a great observer of human nature |
nature | the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions, it is his nature to help others |
animality animal nature | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect |
good nature | a cheerful, obliging disposition |
ill nature | a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition |
nature | the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized, it is the nature of fire to burn, the true nature of jealousy |
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 |
nature study | the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level) |
nature | a particular type of thing, problems of this type are very difficult to solve, he's interested in trains and things of that nature, matters of a personal nature |
law law of nature | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature, the laws of thermodynamics |
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 |
nature worship | a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena |
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 |
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 |
nature | the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc., they tried to preserve nature as they found it |
nature | a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe, the laws of nature, nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women |
secret agent intelligence officer intelligence agent operative | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government |
wild natural state state of nature | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization, he lived in the wild, they collected mushrooms in the wild |
unavowed secret | not openly made known, a secret marriage, a secret bride |
secret | the next to highest level of official classification for documents |
top-secret | the highest official level of classification of documents |
mysterious mystic mystical occult secret orphic | having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence, beyond ordinary understanding, mysterious symbols, the mystical style of Blake, occult lore, the secret learning of the ancients |
secret private | not expressed, secret (or private) thoughts |
clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner(a) hugger-mugger hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods, clandestine intelligence operations, cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines, hole-and-corner intrigue, secret missions, a secret agent, secret sales of arms, surreptitious mobilization of troops, an undercover investigation, underground resistance |
secret | indulging only covertly, a secret alcoholic |
secret | communicated covertly, their secret signal was a wink, secret messages |
confidential secret | (of information) given in confidence or in secret, this arrangement must be kept confidential, their secret communications |
privy secluded secret | hidden from general view or use, a privy place to rest and think, a secluded romantic spot, a secret garden |
hidden secret | designed to elude detection, a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole, a secret passage, the secret compartment in the desk |
secret | not open or public, kept private or not revealed, a secret formula, secret ingredients, secret talks |
secretly in secret on the Q.T. on the QT | in secrecy, not openly, met secretly to discuss the invasion plans, the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library, they arranged to meet in secret |
naturally by nature | through inherent nature, he was naturally lazy |