Key

  • 71key — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. answer, solution, codebook, decipherment; pitch, tonality, register; cay. See sound, opening, interpretation, music, cause, color, instrumentality. keyed up II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. esse …

    English dictionary for students

  • 72key — See: low key, off key …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 73key — kɪː n. device used to open locks; something which allows entry; something which explains or assists in solving a problem; means to acquire or reach something; legend, list which provides decoding information; button on a keyboard; tone, note,… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 74key n — He often broke into song because he couldn t find the key. khaki n, key man …

    English expressions

  • 75key —   Kī (latch or music); ha iloa a (to a problem); ku ina (fig.).    ♦ Wooden key, kī lā au.    ♦ Key to animate a toy, kī oni …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 76key — A metal instrument for moving the bolt of a lock, thereby locking or unlocking. A wharf. An island, for example, Key Largo off the southern tip of Florida. The means of solving a difficult problem. See cone and key; keys …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 77key — Cotter Cot ter (k[o^]t t[ e]r), n. 1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. Note: [See Illust.] In the United… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 78key — 1) a tabulation of characters used to identify a species. Two rubrics form a couplet, the usual arrangement of keys. Each couplet gives an alternative set of characters leading to the species identity or to the next couplet. Also called… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 79key — n. [ME. key] A tabulation of diagnostic characters of organisms most often in dichotomous couplets facilitating rapid identification …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 80Key —    Frequently mentioned in Scripture. It is called in Hebrew maphteah, i.e., the opener (Judg. 3:25); and in the Greek New Testament kleis, from its use in shutting (Matt. 16:19; Luke 11:52; Rev. 1:18, etc.). Figures of ancient Egyptian keys are… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary