device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

ignition key - a key that operates the ignition switch of an automotive engine

latchkey - key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door

master key, passe-partout, passkey, master - key that secures entrance everywhere

shank, stem - cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

explanation - thought that makes something comprehensible

pitch - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

musical notation - a notation used by musicians

major key, major mode - a key whose harmony is based on the major scale

minor key, minor mode - a key based on the minor scale

home key, tonic key - the basic key in which a piece of music is written

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

kg, kilo, kilogram - one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"

achene - small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall

attorney, lawyer - a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

Everglade State, FL, Florida, Sunshine State - a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

coral reef - a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop

basketball court - the court on which basketball is played

foul line - a line from which basketball players take penalty shots

space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"

list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

key word - a word that is used as a pattern to decode an encrypted message

positive identification - 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; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people"

mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles

watch key - winder consisting of a key with a square hole; used for winding some watches

arch - (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

building block - a block of material used in construction work

coign, coigne, quoin - the keystone of an arch

action mechanism, action - the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action"

backspace key, backspacer - the typewriter key used for back spacing

command key, control key - (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters

keyboard - device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like

lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

return key, return - the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

space bar - the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used

tab key, tab - the key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation

telegraph key - key consisting of a lever that sends a telegraph signal when it is depressed and the circuit is closed

furnish, provide, supply, render - provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

vandalise, vandalize - destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)

chord, harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

reconcile, harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"

important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

significant, important - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"