calypto-, calypt- +

1. A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil based on a prophetic disclosure; a revelation.
2. The last book of the New Testament in the Bible which contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to John the apostle.
3. Any of a number of anonymous Jewish or Christian texts from around the second century B.C. to the second century A.D. containing prophetic or symbolic visions; especially, of the imminent destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous.
4. A great or total devastation; doom; such as, the apocalypse of nuclear war.
5. Etymology: "revelation, disclosure", from Catholic-Church Latin apocalypsis, "revelation"; from Greek apokalyptein, "to uncover"; from apo-, "from" + kalyptein, "to cover, to conceal".

A writer or interpreter of apocalypses.

1. Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.
2. Warning about a disastrous future or outcome: "We hear more and more about the apocalyptic warnings of global warming."
3. Involving widespread destruction and devastation.
4. Predicting, or presaging, imminent disaster and total or universal destruction.
5. Apocalyptic teachings or writings; specifically, apocalyptic literature.

1. Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically; to The Revelation of St. John, the Apostle; containing, of the nature of, or having to do with, prophetic revelation.
2. Resembling the Apocalypse or an apocalypse; especially, in some particular aspect, as splendor, magnitude, confusion, or when the meaning is hidden.

1. Belief in apocalyptic prophecies; especially, regarding the imminent destruction of the world and the foundation of a new world order as a result of the triumph of good over evil.
2. The expectation of cataclysmic revelation, as in millenarianism (belief in the millennium of Christian prophecy [Revelation 20 in the New Testament of the Bible], the 1,000 years when Christ is predicted to reign on earth, or any religious movement that foresees a coming age of peace and prosperity).
3. The practice of, or addiction to, interpreting or applying prophetic revelation.

A class of Jewish and Christian writings beginning about 250 B.C. and continuing into the opening centuries of A.D.

Their purpose was to comfort the faithful in their suffering conditions, and reconcile those conditions with God's righteousness by prefiguring the future triumph of Israel or the Messianic kingdom.

The best-known Christian apocalypse is the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible.

The number 666, applied to the Beast in the book of Revelation, chapter 13, verse 18 of the New Testament of the Bible.

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

"This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred sixty-six."

1. Someone who adheres to the teachings of apocalyptic literature concerning the signs and events preceding the end of the world.
2. Anyone who believes in the teachings that predict a catastrophic end to the world.

1. In Greek mythology, a nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for seven years.
2. A small irregularly-shaped natural satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1980.
3. A type of music that originated in the West Indies, notably in Trinidad, and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects (origin unknown).
4. Etymology: sea nymph in the Odyssey, literally, "hidden, hider" (originally a death goddess) from Greek kalyptein, "to cover, to conceal".

Hydroids (an invertebrate sea animal) in which a gonophore is enclosed in a gonotheca.

With gills not visible from the outside.

The "covered crocodile" named for the armor covering its back. From Late Triassic North America. Named by Long and Ballew in 1985.

1. The hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants; such as, the California poppy.
2. The protective cap or hood covering the spore case of a moss or related plant.
3. A similar hoodlike, lidlike, or caplike structure; such as, a root cap.

The specialized cell layer from which a root cap originates.

In Greek Mythology: A goddess who turned Odysseus' men temporarily into swine but later gave him directions for their journey home.

Odysseus, was the main character in Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey, andhe played a key role in the Iliad. He is known for his guile and resourcefulness, and was most famous for the ten years it took him to return home after the Trojan War. He was the king of Ithaca and the husband of Penelope.

In Greek mythology, Circe or Kírkē (Greek Κίρκη) was a goddess (or sometimes a nymph or a sorceress) living on the island of Aeaea.

Circe worked with a huge loom. She invited Odysseus' crew to a feast, but the food was laced with one of her magical potions, and she turned them all into pigs with a wand after they gorged themselves on the food.

Only Eurylochus, suspecting treachery from the beginning, escaped to warn Odysseus and the others who had stayed behind at the ships. Odysseus went to rescue his men, but was intercepted by Hermes and told to procure some of the herb moly to protect him from the same fate as his men.

When her magic failed, Odysseus was able to force her to return his men to human form. She later fell in love with Odysseus and assisted him in his quest to reach his home after he and his crew spent a year with her on her island during which Odysseus and Circe made love in her "flawless bed of love".