difficult to decipher
of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
Feeble, faint.
Light in color.
Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
Limits, bounds (especially before of).
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
A cheese scoop.
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
A wooden stake; a picket.
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
To turn pale; to lose colour.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
To become insignificant.