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| latchkey |
a key that releases a latch, esp. on an outer door or gate. [1/2 definitions] |
| lock1 |
a mechanical device for preventing entry through a door or window or into a safe, usu. opened with a key or combination. [1/10 definitions] |
| low-pitched |
pitched in a low key or low range of tones. [1/3 definitions] |
| master key |
a key that will open all the locks in a given set, though the keys to these locks are not alike. |
| modulate |
to tune to a particular musical key or pitch. [2/6 definitions] |
| night latch |
a door lock that can be opened by a knob from the inside but that requires a key to open it from the outside. |
| passkey |
a key that will open a number of locks of similar make; master key. [3 definitions] |
| roman à clef |
novel with a key (French); a fictionalized account of actual people and events. |
| rondo |
a musical work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, in which the principal theme is repeated in the same key at least three times, with subordinate themes occurring between repetitions. |
| Rosetta stone |
anything that serves as a key to transcription, translation, or some previously indecipherable mystery. [1/2 definitions] |
| secret |
a mystery, or the key to a mystery. [1/8 definitions] |
| sharp |
in music, an instruction in the key signature that calls for a certain note to be played or sung a half step higher than written wherever it appears in the music, or a notation that a particular single note is to be played or sung a half step higher. [1/16 definitions] |
| signature |
a sign used to indicate the key or tempo of a piece of music. [1/4 definitions] |
| skeleton key |
a key that can open many different locks because part of the bit is filed away; passkey. |
| sol-fa |
in music, the syllables "do," "re," "mi," "fa," "sol," "la," and "ti," used to denote the tones of a diatonic scale in any key. [1/3 definitions] |
| Star-Spangled Banner |
the national anthem of the United States, written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, and formally adopted by Congress in 1931 (often in italics and prec. by "The"). |
| tab |
shortened form of "tabulator," a typewriter key used to move the carriage a certain number of spaces each time it is pressed, as to form columns, margins, and the like; tab key. [1/7 definitions] |
| tabulator |
a typewriter key used to move the carriage a certain number of spaces each time it is pressed, as to form columns, margins, and the like; tab or tab key. [1/2 definitions] |
| talon |
the part of a lock, as on a door, on which the key presses to slide the bolt. [1/2 definitions] |
| time signature |
a musical symbol, usu. a numerical fraction located next to the key signature, used to indicate the meter of a composition. |
| tonality |
a particular musical scale or key. [2/3 definitions] |
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