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