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- A large beam along the underside of a ship's hull from bow to stern.
- Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to it greater control and stability.
- Something similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
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- An object designed to open and close a lock.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain the orientation between them.
- A crucial step or requirement.
the to solving this problem...
the to winning this game
- A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart.
The says that A stands for the accounting department.
- One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, most of which generally correspond to a particular character.
Press the Escape .
- One of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard, each causing a particular sound or note to be produced.
- One of various levers on a musical instrument used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
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(music) A hierarchical scale of musical notes on which a composition is based
the of B-flat major
- A device used to transmit Morse code.
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(cryptography) A piece of information (e.g. a passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
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(computing): In a database, a field of a relation constrained to be unique.
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(computing): In a database, a field in a record that is used as a search argument (but is not necessarily unique).
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(computing): A value that uniquely identifies an entry in an associative array.
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(basketball): The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the freethrow line, the freethrow lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
He shoots from the top of the .
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verb
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
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(telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
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(radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
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(computing): (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
Our instructor told us to in our user IDs.
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(colloquial) To use a key as a tool of convenience.
He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot.
- Indispensable.
He is the player for his soccer team.
He is the witness.
- Important, salient.
She makes several points
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- A rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch.
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(geography) A prominent rounded hill.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
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(slang) The penis.
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(slang) (pejorative) A contemptible person.
verb (knobs, knobbing, knobbed, knobbed)
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(slang) To have sex with.
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