enigma
IPA: ɪnˈɪgmʌ
noun
- Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
- A riddle, or a difficult problem.
- Riddles and puzzles, collectively.
- Mysteriousness; obscurity; lack of clarity.
- A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning.
- A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation.
- The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma.
- A species of grasshopper, Oedaleonotus enigma.
- A rare species of moth, Heliothis enigma.
- (historical) A German device used during World War II to encode strategic messages.
- Alternative form of Enigma [(historical) A German device used during World War II to encode strategic messages.]
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