the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated |
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong | a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed |
something done (usually as opposed to something said) | mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) |
a military engagement | the central building block at the top of an arch or vault |
an act by a government body or supranational organization | pitch of the voice |
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | something crucial for explaining |
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). | any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music |
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access |
the series of events that form a plot | a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations |
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | a list of answers to a test |
the state of being active | (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 |
| a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida |
| a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple |
| a kilogram of a narcotic drug |