cryptic
91cryptic species — those valid species that are morphologically indistinguishable but reproductively isolated. Also called sibling species …
92cryptic color — Sematic or protective coloration, designed to blend an animal with its background; see anticryptic color …
93cryptic species — A species in which the diagnostic characters are not easily perceived and that do not hybridize under normal conditions; a sibling species …
94cryptic crosswords — ➡ crosswords * * * …
95cryptic crossword — noun A type of crossword involving wordplay and misleading definitions …
96cryptic enzyme — in bacteriology, an enzyme that can attack added substrate in a cell lysate but not in intact cells, owing to selective action of a permeability barrier …
97cryptic splice site — an unusual splice site with a sequence similar to that of the consensus splice site; it is usually unused but can become competitive with the normal site if either is mutated …
98cryptic crossword — baffling crossword, obscure word puzzle …
99cryptic adj — Dark and damp, very much like the inside of a crypt …
100cryptic crossword — /krɪptɪk ˈkrɒswɜd/ (say kriptik kroswerd) noun a crossword in which a clue is provided for each word in the form of a sentence composed of synonyms and codes …