Reverse Dictionary: CONCEAL

ADJECTIVES
► ABSTRUSE concealed, hidden, secret → 1602 obs.
► ABSTRUSED concealed, hidden, remote → 1607 obs.
► ABSTRUSIVE concealed, of abstruse quality; abstruse, recondite → 1655 obs.
► BACK ROOM secret, concealed → 2000 US sl. (Bk.)
► CLANCULAR concealed, clandestine; secret; private; underhand → 1621 obs.
► CLOSET concealed, secret → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRYPTIC secret, concealed, occult, mystical → 1638
► DELITESCENT concealed, lying hid, obscured → 1684
► HIDELING given to concealment or hiding → M19 chiefly Eng. dial.
► HIDLOCK in concealment → 1842 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IN SMOKE concealed, in hiding → 1908 sl., chiefly Aust.
► IN THE SAFE concealed in the anus → 1996 UK sl.
► LARVATED concealed, masked, provided with a mask → 1623 obs.
► LARVED concealed, masked → 1654 obs.
► LATITANT that lies concealed or hid; lurking → 1650
► LURKY inclined to be concealed → 1892
► MYSTIC secret, concealed → 1625 obs.
► MYSTICAL secret, concealed; unconfessed → 1600 obs.
► OBSCURE concealed, secret → 1792 Sc. obs.
► OCCULT concealed, hidden from sight; not exposed to view → 1567 obs.
► OCCULTED concealed, hidden → 1597 obs.
► OPERTANEOUS concealed, hidden from view, done in private; of secret, hidden, or covert nature → 1656 obs.
► PALLIATE concealed, cloaked, covered; mitigated → 1548 obs.
► PALLIATED concealed, covered over; mitigated, extenuated → 1612 obs.
► PALLIATIVE serving to conceal or cloak, hiding, covering → 1611 obs.
► PERDU hidden, concealed; disguised → 1734
► TAPISED ► TAPIST concealed, hidden → 1621 obs.
► UNDERGROUND concealed, hidden, secret → 1677

ADVERBS
► UNDERGROUND in concealment or secrecy; in a hidden or obscure manner → 1632

NOUNS
► ABDITORY a concealed repository; a hidden or withdrawn place  → 1658
► ABSCONDMENT a state of concealment; hiding  → 1658 obs.
► ABSCONSION concealment; hiding  → 1648 obs.
► BACKGRUND a place of concealment  → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DERN 1. secrecy, concealment, privacy → 1250 obs.
2. a secret place; a place of concealment → 1340 obs.
► DINGE IN THE STOVEWOOD a concealed motive or reason → 1942 Amer. sl., derogatory
► ETHIOPIAN IN THE FUEL SUPPLY a concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious → 1969 Amer. dial.
► EYEWASH something that conceals the reality of a situation  → 1884 sl.
► HIDEAWAY a place of concealment or retreat  → M20
► HUDDER-MUDDER concealment, secrecy, privacy → 1461 obs.
► HUGGER concealment → 1576 obs.
► HUGGER-MUG concealment, secrecy → 1654 obs.
► HUGGER-MUGGER concealment, secrecy → 1529
► IVY-BUSH a place of concealment or retirement; a secret place, a hiding place  → 1699
► JERICHO a place of concealment or retirement, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place; later, a prison  → 1635
► LAIN concealment  → 1300 obs.
► LATITANCY the state of lying concealed or hid  → 1701
► LATITATION the fact of lying concealed; hiding, lurking  → 1623
► MONKEY IN THE WOODPILE a concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NIGGER IN THE BARREL a concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious → 1967 Amer. dial., derogatory
► NIGGER IN THE FENCE a concealed or underhand fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious  → 1847 Amer. dial., derogatory
► NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE a concealed or underhand fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious  → 1846 Amer. dial., derogatory
► OBVELATION a concealing or hiding; a veiling over  → 1664
► OCCULTATION concealment; hiding  → 1432 obs.
► PALLIATION the concealing or cloaking of an act, etc.; that which serves to conceal or hide; a cloak, a covering  → 1577 obs.
► POLECAT UNDER THE TABLE a concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious → 1932 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE-SCREEN something designed to conceal or mislead; a deliberate distraction or diversion → 1926
► SUBTERFUGE that which conceals; a ‘cloak’  → 1635 obs.
► TAPINAGE concealment; hiding, secrecy  → 1300 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► HEALER a person who conceals or hides anything; a receiver of stolen goods; a thief’s confederate  → 1825 Eng. dial.

PHRASES
► THERE’S DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS said when something is going on behind your back, concealed or suspicious activity → 1965 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► ABSCONCE to conceal; to hide  → 1572 obs.
► ABSCOND to conceal anything; to hide away → 1612 obs.
► BEHELE to conceal, to cover, to envelop  → 1000 obs.
► BEHIDE to conceal; to hide away  → 1000 obs.
► BESCREEN to conceal, to hide from view  → 1597
► BOSOM to  hide from view; to conceal → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CHUCK to conceal; to put away  → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CLAP THE THUMB ON ► KEEP THE THUMB ON ► PUT THE THUMB ON to keep secret; to conceal carefully → 1825 Sc.
► COUCH to lay in concealment; to hide, to conceal → 1577 obs.
► CURE to conceal; to cover; to protect  → 1400 obs.
► DARKEN to lie concealed; to lie dark; to lurk privily after →1420 obs.
► DARKLE to conceal oneself; to lie in the dark  → 1864
► DERN to conceal; to hide, to keep secret  → 893 obs.
► FEAL to conceal; to hide  → 1325 N. Eng. dial.
► GROUND SQUIRREL to conceal; to hide away  → 1939 Amer. dial.
► HAP to conceal; to hide, to cover away; to hide oneself  → 1847 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HEAL to conceal; to hide; to keep secret  → 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HIDE ONE’S LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL to conceal one’s abilities or good qualities → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► HOLE UP to conceal → 1875 sl.
► HUGGER 1. to be concealed; to lie in ambush → 1567 obs.
2. to conceal, to keep secret → 1600 Eng. dial.
► HUGGER-MUGGER to keep secret or concealed → 1803
► IKE to conceal surreptitiously  → 1895 Aust. prison sl.
► IMBOSK to conceal or hide oneself  → 1562 obs.
► LAIN to conceal, to hide; to be silent about, to disguise a fact  → 1300 obs. exc. Sc.
► LANE to conceal, to keep secret, to connive at  → 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► LAP UP to hush up or conceal a misdeed, etc. → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LIE AT LURCH to lie concealed; to be in a lurking place; to lie in wait  → 1578
► LOTE to lie concealed; to lurk → 1200 obs.
► MASCHERATE to conceal; to mask; to disguise the appearance of something  → 1654 obs.
► MITHE to conceal, dissemble (as feelings, etc.) → 888 obs.
► OBSCURE to conceal, to hide  → 1721 Sc. obs.
► OPPRESS to conceal; to suppress, to keep out of sight  → 1538 obs.
► PALLIATE to conceal; to hide, to disguise  → 1598 obs.
► PUT ONE’S THUMB ON IT to conceal; to keep secret; to remain silent  → 1905 Sc.
► SCOUK to conceal oneself; to hide; to seek shelter in hiding  → 1782 Sc.
► SHADE to conceal; to hide  → 1980 African-American sl.
► SILE to conceal; to cover, to hide  → 1480 obs., chiefly Sc.
► SKIM to conceal or divert some of one’s earnings or takings, esp. from gambling, to avoid paying tax on them  → 1966 US sl.
► SLOUGH to conceal without delay or forethought → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SLUR to conceal → 1744 US
► SMOKE ONE OUT to find and bring from concealment  → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMOKE-SCREEN to conceal or divert attention from by a smoke-screen → 1950
► SMOOR to conceal or hide; to suppress; to deaden, to stupefy → 1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SMOOTH UP to cover or hush up; to conceal → 1592 obs.
► SMORE to suppress, to keep in obscurity or concealment → 1480
► SMOTHER to conceal by keeping silent about; to suppress all mention of; to hush up → 1579 obs.
► SMOTHER UP to conceal, to suppress, to hush up → 1589
► SNOOKER to conceal something or someone  → 1950 Aust. sl.
► STASH to conceal → 1797 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► SWEEP UNDER THE RUG to avoid or conceal something → 1961 US sl.
► TAPIS to conceal; to hide  → 1660 arch.
► UNDERFOLD to conceal; to wrap up, to hide  → 1612
► VAULT to conceal in a safe place; used chiefly in reference to money or valuables  → 1933 Amer. dial.
► WALK TO JERICHO to conceal oneself; to go into hiding  → 19C  
► WATERGATE to conceal; to cover up → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WHITEWASH to make something unsavoury, damaging, etc. seem to be legitimate and acceptable, usually by falsification or concealment; to decontaminate someone’s actions or reputation → 1762 sl.