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Cipher (noun, verb)
cipher [sahy-fer]

noun
1. a secret method of writing or recording data, such as by substituting or adding letters or numbers, using specially formed symbols, or the like; code.: The spies exchanged messages using a complex cipher. | The encryption software creates unbreakable ciphers for secure communication.
2. writing, or a piece of writing, done by a secret method; a coded message.: Hostile agents intercepted the cipher and began trying to figure out its meaning.
3. the key to a secret method of writing.: After a year of studying the coded messages, the analysts were no closer to discovering the cipher.
4. someone or something that is not understood; mystery or enigma.: I just can’t figure him out—he’s a complete cipher to me.
5. zero.
6. a person or thing of no influence or importance; nonentity.: Having lost the party leadership, she is now a mere cipher on the political scene.
7. Usually cypher
a. a performance by a group of rappers, hip-hop artists, or break dancers who take turns improvising individual verses, dances, etc.
b. an individual verse, dance, etc., that is part of such a performance.
8. any of the Arabic numerals, such as 1, 2, or 3, or any number written with such numerals, such as 476.
9. Arabic numerical notation collectively.: The date is MXML in Roman numerals, or 1950 in cipher.
10. a combination of letters, such as the initials of a name, in one design; monogram.: The cipher for Queen Elizabeth II had an E entwined with an R for regina, Latin for “queen,” on either side of a Roman numeral II.

verb (used without object)
11. to use figures or numerals arithmetically; do arithmetic.: He had never learned to read or write, but he could cipher.
12. to write messages in or as if in a secret code.

verb (used with object)
13. to convert into code; encrypt.: The program works by ciphering or scrambling the data.
14. to figure out the meaning of; interpret or decode (often used without ).: Using a good phrase book, the tourist was able to cipher out what people were saying.
15. to calculate numerically; figure (often used without ).: I tried to cipher out the interest on the loan, compounded over five years.

Other Word Forms
cipherable adjective
cipherer noun

Related Words
nonentity

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Origin: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English siphre, from Medieval Latin ciphra, from Arabic ṣifr “empty, zero”; translation of Sanskrit śūnyā “empty”

Example Sentences
That conversation comes up in “Twin Peaks: The Return” as Lynch flat-out confirms Laura Palmer to be a cipher for unyielding good, intended to restore universal balance after humankind developed a new capacity for evil.
From Salon

The rest of them in the film are ciphers whose motives, dreams, suffering and rage remain unknown to us.
From Salon

While “Million Dollar Baby” is one of this year’s defining singles, Richman remains largely a cipher.
From New York Times

With his background in military intelligence, Eugene is a cipher, allowing people to project whatever they desire onto him.
From Los Angeles Times

As a gastroenterologist and gut microbiome researcher at the University of Washington School of Medicine, I have dedicated my career to decoding the cipher of how food affects this microbial community within your gut.
From Salon

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Well hello there!

I did make some words! I haven't written in months but as of the writing of this post (on Wednesday) I've written the 600 words that I wanted to have done for the challenge so I'm calling it a win!

itsanonyx, I hope you have a great creative day!!

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Equiponderate (verb)
equiponderate [ee-kwuh-pon-duh-reyt, ek-wuh-]

verb (used with object), equiponderated, equiponderating
1. to equal or offset in weight, force, importance, etc.; counterbalance.

Other Word Forms
equiponderation noun
ˌequiˈponderant adjective
ˌequiˈponderance noun

Related Words
amount to, break even, compare, comprise, correspond, match, reach

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Origin: 1635–45; < Medieval Latin aequiponderātus, past participle of aequiponderāre. See equi-, ponder, -ate

Example Sentences
There are three primeval Unities, and more than one of each cannot exist: One God; One Truth; One Point of Liberty, where all opposites equiponderate.
From Project Gutenberg

Equiponderate, ē-kwi-pon′dėr-āt, v.i. to be equal in weight: to balance.—adj. equal in weight.—n.
From Project Gutenberg

It was the traditional policy of the Tartar to check the Russian princes the one by the other, to feed their dissensions, to cause their forces to equiponderate, and to allow none to consolidate himself.
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Jujitsu (noun, verb)
jujitsu, Also ju·jut·su, Or jiu·jit·su [joo-jit-soo]

noun
1. a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by using the strength and weight of an adversary to disable him.
2. the use of an opponent's strengths or one's own weaknesses to accomplish one's goals.: That was a kind of intellectual jujitsu, the way she handily won the debate. | The town of Vacaville, in a prime example of touristic jujitsu, turned its isolation into an attraction in itself.

verb (used with object)
3. to turn (a situation) to one's advantage by exploiting one's own weaknesses or another's strengths, as in a social or political relationship.: He deftly jujitsued the conversation to make my knowledge of the subject seem pretentious.

Related Words
judo, karate, wrestling

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Origin: First recorded in 1870–75; from Japanese jūjitsu, earlier jūjutsu, equivalent to jū “soft” ( judo ) + -jut(u) “technique,” from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese shù

Example Sentences
Pity the DOJ lawyer Bondi will force to sign that bad faith legal jujitsu when it ends up before a judge.
From Salon

“The guy’s got into jujitsu real heavy. He wants me to come down there and roll with him,” Mullin said, adding the CEO has “changed” his ways towards the GOP.
From Salon

Then, I think about if I’m going to be in a jujitsu class, or if I’m going to be shopping or if I’m going to be on set.
From Los Angeles Times

He said he fills his competitive nature with adventure — he sailed from Florida to Italy as the boat’s captain — and has taken up jujitsu.
From Seattle Times

This one was from the heart of a 20-year-old jujitsu fighter who was last seen at the gym and was found dead in his bed two days later.
From New York Times

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