An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.

plural of magic trick

A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but actually by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment.

plural of magic word

Any word that has a magical effect when uttered. / (in teaching polite behaviour to children) One of the words please, thank you, or hello.

Like magic; as if magical.

Alternative form of magic realism

(physics) The condition of a heavy isotope of having a magic number of protons and neutrons, and therefore of having particular stability

plural of magical girl

In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.