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| aboveboard |
without tricks, deceit, or concealment. |
| ambush |
the place of concealment in which ambushers hide. [2/4 definitions] |
| candid |
without deception or concealment; honest; forthright. [1/4 definitions] |
| cover |
to put or spread something over or on, as for protection or concealment. [2/21 definitions] |
| den |
a place of concealment and shelter, such as a cave. [1/4 definitions] |
| emersion |
the reappearance of an astronomical body from concealment by another, as by an eclipse; egress. (Cf. immersion.) |
| hugger-mugger |
concealment; secrecy. [1/4 definitions] |
| hypostasis |
the suppression or concealment of one gene by another gene that is not its allele. [1/4 definitions] |
| mound |
to provide with a mound or mounds, as for defense or concealment. [1/6 definitions] |
| open |
the condition of lacking secrecy or concealment (usu. prec. by "the"). [1/27 definitions] |
| out of the woodwork |
(informal) out of hiding or concealment, esp. unexpectedly. |
| take cover |
to seek protection or concealment. |
| trench |
an excavation embanked on one side with the dirt dug from it, used as shelter and concealment from enemy fire. [1/8 definitions] |
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