Noun

• S: (n) zero (zero%1:23:01::), 0 (0%1:23:00::), nought (nought%1:23:00::), cipher (cipher%1:23:01::), cypher (cypher%1:23:01::) (a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number)
• S: (n) nothing (nothing%1:23:00::), nil (nil%1:23:00::), nix (nix%1:23:00::), nada (nada%1:23:00::), null (null%1:23:00::), aught (aught%1:23:00::), cipher (cipher%1:23:00::), cypher (cypher%1:23:00::), goose egg (goose_egg%1:23:00::), naught (naught%1:23:00::), zero (zero%1:23:02::), zilch (zilch%1:23:00::), zip (zip%1:23:00::), zippo (zippo%1:23:00::) (a quantity of no importance) "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
• S: (n) cipher (cipher%1:18:00::), cypher (cypher%1:18:00::), nobody (nobody%1:18:00::), nonentity (nonentity%1:18:00::) (a person of no influence)
• S: (n) cipher (cipher%1:10:00::), cypher (cypher%1:10:00::), cryptograph (cryptograph%1:10:02::), secret code (secret_code%1:10:00::) (a secret method of writing)
• S: (n) cipher (cipher%1:10:01::), cypher (cypher%1:10:01::) (a message written in a secret code)

Verb

• S: (v) code (code%2:32:00::), encipher (encipher%2:32:00::), cipher (cipher%2:32:00::), cypher (cypher%2:32:00::), encrypt (encrypt%2:32:00::), inscribe (inscribe%2:32:04::), write in code (write_in_code%2:32:00::) (convert ordinary language into code) "We should encode the message for security reasons"
• S: (v) calculate (calculate%2:31:00::), cipher (cipher%2:31:00::), cypher (cypher%2:31:00::), compute (compute%2:31:00::), work out (work_out%2:31:06::), reckon (reckon%2:31:01::), figure (figure%2:31:00::) (make a mathematical calculation or computation)