kettleful | (noun) the quantity a kettle will hold | Synonyms: kettle |
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keurboom | (noun) tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers | Synonyms: Virgilia capensis, Virgilia oroboides |
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(noun) fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental | Synonyms: Virgilia divaricata |
key | (adjective) serving as an essential component | Synonyms: cardinal, central, fundamental, primal |
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(noun) metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated | - |
(noun) a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed | - |
(noun) mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) | Synonyms: winder |
(noun) the central building block at the top of an arch or vault | Synonyms: headstone, keystone |
(noun) pitch of the voice | - |
(noun) something crucial for explaining | - |
(noun) any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music | Synonyms: tonality |
(noun) a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access | - |
(noun) a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations | - |
(noun) a list of answers to a test | - |
(noun) (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 | Synonyms: paint |
(noun) a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida | Synonyms: cay, Florida key |
(noun) a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple | Synonyms: key fruit, samara |
(noun) a kilogram of a narcotic drug | - |
(verb) harmonize with or adjust to | - |
(verb) regulate the musical pitch of | - |
(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key out, name |
(verb) vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key | - |
(verb) provide with a key | - |
keyboard | (noun) holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung | - |
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(noun) device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like | - |
keyboardist | (noun) a musician who plays a keyboard instrument | - |
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keycard | (noun) a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism | - |
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keyed | (adjective) fitted with or secured by a key | - |
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(adjective) set to a key or tone | - |
keyfob | (noun) A small object fastened to a key chain or key ring and designed to be comfortably grasped. | Synonyms: key fob |
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keyhole | (noun) the hole where a key is inserted | - |
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keyless | (adjective) lacking or not requiring a key | - |
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keynote | (noun) a fundamental or central idea | - |
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(noun) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale | Synonyms: tonic |
(noun) the principal theme in a speech or literary work | - |
(verb) set the keynote of | - |
(verb) give the keynote address to (an audience) | - |
keypad | (noun) a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard | Synonyms: computer keyboard |
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keystone | (noun) the central building block at the top of an arch or vault | Synonyms: headstone, key |
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(noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay |
keystroke | (noun) the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard | Synonyms: key stroke |
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