(computing) A token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs, used to identify a particular event or transaction; the data is typically not meaningful to the recipient program and not usually interpreted until the recipient passes the data back to the sender or another program at a later time.

(games) A palindromic square word arrangement, usually in the form of a magic amulet.

(informal) Any mushroom-like fungus that has psychedelic effects.

(physics) The number of neutrons or protons in nuclei which are required to fill the major quantum shells, and thus produce exceptionally stable nuclei: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 and 126.

plural of magic bullet

(idiomatic) A simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease.

Magic used to counteract or protect against a spell or enchantment.

(now chiefly historical) The use of visual or plastic representations of people, spirits etc., for magical purposes.

(education) A silent e (in certain English words, such as cake and time) that appears to change the pronunciation of the preceding vowel.

(idiomatic, politics, economics) an unspecified future budget cut, especially an imaginary cut.