(n): an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
(n): something crucial for explaining
(n): thought that makes something comprehensible
(n): pitch of the voice
(n): the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
(n): any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
(n): (music) notation used by musicians
(n): a kilogram of a narcotic drug
(n): one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
(n): a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
(n): small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
(n): United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
(n): a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
(n): a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
(n): a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
(n): a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
(n): (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
(n): an area reserved for some particular purpose
(n): a list of answers to a test
(n): a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
(n): a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
(n): a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
(n): a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
(n): evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
(n): mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
(n): mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
(n): the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
(n): a block of material used in construction work
(n): a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
(n): a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
(v): identify as in botany or biology, for example
(v): provide with a key
(v): give something useful or necessary to
(v): vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
(v): destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism
(v): regulate the musical pitch of
(v): bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
(v): harmonize with or adjust to
(v): bring into consonance or accord
(adj): serving as an essential component
(adj): vs. unimportant), of import -- (of great significance or value
...with the mad secret of his unabated rage bolted up and keyed in him...
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 41