cypher

cypher (http://definr.com/cypher)

     n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number
          yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher]
     2: 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" [syn: nothing,
         nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, {goose
        egg}, naught, zero, zilch, zip]
     3: a person of no influence [syn: cipher, nobody, nonentity]
     4: a secret method of writing [syn: cipher, cryptograph, {secret
        code}]
     5: a message written in a secret code [syn: cipher]
     v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
          message for security reasons" [syn: encode, code, encipher,
           cipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code] [ant:
           decode]
     2: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate,
         cipher, compute, work out, reckon, figure]